derided
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Many on Wall Street have long derided the retail crowd as “dumb money” — a reputation largely earned during the dot-com bubble, and reinforced during the 2021 meme-stock frenzy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Critics and sceptics derided the DUP leader as issuing a hollow warning, but he followed through on the threat six months later.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
For a generation sometimes derided for its sense of privilege, there’s a refreshing simplicity and wholesomeness to these recipes built for social media’s culture of imitation and iteration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Spreads are often derided since profits are limited to the difference between strike prices, less the cost, but that’s dumb.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“Yes, I understand,” Ackers said sulkily, as if his deep schooling in police matters had been derided.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
