Worthless Word for the Day

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the worthless word for the day is: pessimize

[fr. L. pessimus, worst] /PES uh mize/
to take a negative view of; make the worst of
also, to act or speak in a pessimistic manner
cf. pessimal

"'You don't stay at Notre Dame very long making
a lot of third-and-eights,' Holtz pessimized."
- Chicago Sun Times Sept. 6, 1999
(quoting Lou Holtz)

"People optimize their own opinion and pessimize
others'." - E. Robert Morse, Amazement (2002)