disvalue
Regard as worthless
Disvalue is the opposite of value—something harmful, undesirable, or negatively weighted.
Philosophers use it when discussing ethics: pain is a disvalue, pleasure a value.
As a verb, to disvalue something is to regard it as worthless or treat it as unimportant: The company disvalues employee wellbeing.
The term appears mainly in academic and formal contexts.
Cause of damage
- damageHarm or impairment
- disadvantageUnfavorable circumstance or condition
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
loss · hurt · disbenefit · cost · toll · penalty · price · sacrifice
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disrespectLack of regard
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
disapproval · dismissiveness · condescension · haughtiness · sneering · denigration · belittlement · deprecation
To make smaller
- debaseLower in quality
- cheapenDiminish in worth
- lowerReduce or move downward
- reduceMake smaller in degree
downgrade · degrade · mark down · write down · deflate · underrate · underestimate · discount
Inherent imperfection or fault
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- imperfectionFault or shortcoming
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
drawback · fault · blemish · failing · deficiency · limitation · liability · handicap
Willful lack of attention
- indifferenceLack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- inattentionLack of focus
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
heedlessness · unmindfulness · ignoring · dismissal · apathy · carelessness · thoughtlessness · obliviousness
detriment
Cause of damage
- damageHarm or impairment
- disadvantageUnfavorable circumstance or condition
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
injury · loss · hurt · disbenefit · cost · toll · penalty · price · sacrifice · burden
contempt
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disrespectLack of regard
disparagement · disapproval · dismissiveness · condescension · haughtiness · sneering · denigration · belittlement · deprecation · looking down
diminish
To make smaller
reduce · downgrade · degrade · mark down · write down · deflate · underrate · underestimate · discount · belittle
defect
Inherent imperfection or fault
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- imperfectionFault or shortcoming
inadequacy · drawback · fault · blemish · failing · deficiency · limitation · liability · handicap · minus
disregard
Willful lack of attention
- indifferenceLack of interest
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- inattentionLack of focus
oversight · heedlessness · unmindfulness · ignoring · dismissal · apathy · carelessness · thoughtlessness · obliviousness · insensibility
repudiation
Formal refusal to accept
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- dismissalRemoval from position
refusal · rebuff · denial · disavowal · disowning · abandonment · forsaking · shunning · exclusion · ostracism