written off
Declared a loss
Written off describes something dismissed as a loss, failure, or without value.
A debt is written off when deemed uncollectible.
A car is written off when repair costs exceed its worth.
People get written off when others decide they're beyond help or consideration: Critics had written him off years ago, but he made a comeback.
The phrase carries finality—once written off, something exits the ledger of what matters.
- totaledDestroyed or summed
- total lossIrreparably damaged item
- forgivenGranted mercy for wrongdoing
- bad debtUnrecoverable money owed
- depreciatedDecreased in monetary value
cancel · crossed out · scrapped · damaged goods · abandoned · left for dead · crash · amortization · foreclosure · erased · forgotten · sidelining · neglected · insolvency · impairment · disregarded · ostracism · dismissal
- overlookedoverlooked, unnoticed, ignored, forgotten, neglected
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- sidelinedbenched, shelved, sidetracked, put on hold, on hold
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
written offsalvaged
Rescued from destruction
repaired · restored · fixed · reconditioned · rebuilt
written offrecovered
Returned to normal state
recouped · collected · retained · reinstated · performing
written offbelieved in
Accepted as true
championed · backed · supported · taken seriously · recognized
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