to sb's discredit
Frequency: 7.09.5 per million words
used to say that something makes someone seem bad or causes them to lose respect
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Examples (10)
- His selfish decision is greatly to his discredit.
- To her discredit, she ignored the warnings and proceeded with the risky plan.
- The fact that he lied under oath is forever to his discredit.
- It is to the company's discredit that they failed to address the safety concerns raised by their employees.
- While he achieved success, his ruthless methods are to his eternal discredit.
- To his discredit, he never once apologized for the harm he had caused.
- The politician's refusal to answer direct questions was much to his discredit during the debate.
- It will be to their discredit if they abandon the project now after so much investment.
- Her complete lack of empathy for the victims is to her lasting discredit.
- That he chose to blame his team for the failure is entirely to his discredit.