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adj. - Treated with contempt.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Note, Grace despised is grace forfeited, like Esau's birthright.
  • Even the term catalysis which, after being for long misunderstood, nay despised, is now back in favour, we owe to
  • It was in despised Galilee that He first and most publicly exercised His ministry; from it were most of His apostles.
  • The best way for ministers to avoid being despised is to teach and practise the things that are given them in charge.
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