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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a discredit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that causes a loss of reputation or credibility.
Example: "His actions were a discredit to the entire organization, undermining the trust that had been built over the years."
Alternatives: "a disgrace" or "a blemish on".
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And that I was a discredit to my race.
But the mistreatment of Indian voters is simply a discredit to American democracy.
They're a danger and a discredit to the industry!" Merve continued to beam.
The fact that these facts are unknown at Princeton, or at the Davis Center, is a discredit to those institutions.
Tatyana Lokshina of the Moscow Helsinki Group, who monitors the conflict in Chechnya closely, called Mr. Putin's decision a discredit to the award that risked angering many Chechens.
Historians are generally agreed that the witch-hunting that followed that operation, beginning in 1907, was a discredit to the Church.
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Mixed into the lot was some policy coverage, but Klein essentially created for himself a discredit-Roy-Moore-accusers ad hoc beat.
You simply cannot have a discredited AG.
(A discredited variant theory traced the Polynesians to South America).
Sadly, this was the honest voice of a discredited House of Commons.
Together, in the 1990s, they led a discredited Islamist party into the political center stage.
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