osoittaa vääräksi — meaning in English

English meaning

• discredit verb To damage someone's reputation or make people doubt their honesty.
• disprove verb To show that a claim, theory, or belief is false.
• falsify verb To alter information dishonestly, usually to deceive someone.
• refute verb To prove that a claim or argument is false or wrong.

Senses

osoittaa vääräksi is used for these senses in English:

• discredit (transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).
• disprove (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
• falsify (science, otherwise, archaic) To prove to be false.
• give the lie to (idiomatic, transitive) To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.
• refute (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.

discredit — full definition

1. verb To damage someone's reputation or make people doubt their honesty.
2. noun Loss of reputation or trust; disgrace.

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