cheapened

Meaning

of Cheapen

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An article by Clive Crook in November's Atlantic Monthly argues that in a society like ours where the majority of young people now go to college, college itself becomes a cheapened commodity. Source: Internet

As the forests of Britain and Europe continued to be over-harvested to supply the keels of larger wooden boats, and the Bessemer process ( patented in 1855) cheapened the cost of steel, steel ships and boats began to be more common. Source: Internet

Even when pop music is used in dramatic television or movies, it’s a cheapened, degraded snippet, despite its cinematic purpose. Source: Internet

I wrote in a memo that the word "holocaust" could be cheapened by over-use and exaggeration - take the agency report last year which referred to the "holocaust" of wildlife after an oil -spill on the French coast. Source: Internet

Putting John back in the mainstream DCU added nothing to the character and actually cheapened him considerably by putting him through a series of adventures for which he was simply unsuited. Source: Internet

Several University of Chicago professors disliked the program, as it involved uncompensated additional labor on their part, and they believed it cheapened the academic reputation of the university. Source: Internet