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This is now considered to be a correct usage of "deprecated":
<http://www.google.com/search?rls=en- 
us&defl=en&q=define:Deprecated&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title>
or <http://tinyurl.com/ylyjkm>


On 2 Jan 2007, at 13:32, Tim Collier wrote:

> This is driving me crazy that nobody has picked up on this use of  
> 'deprecated'.
>
> deprecate |ˈdepriˌkāt| |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪt| |ˌdɛprɪkeɪt|
> verb [ trans. ]
> 1 express disapproval of : [as adj. ] ( deprecating) he sniffed in  
> a deprecating way.
> 2 another term for depreciate (sense 2): : he deprecates the value  
> of children's television.
> DERIVATIVES
> deprecatingly |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪdɪŋli| adverb
> deprecation |ˌdeprəˈkā sh ən| |ˈdɛprəˌkeɪʃən| |-ˌkeɪʃ 
> (ə)n| noun
> deprecative |-ˌkātiv| |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪdɪv| |ˌdɛprɪkətɪv|  
> adjective
> deprecator |-ˌkātər| |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪdər| noun
> ORIGIN early 17th cent.(in the sense [pray against] ): from Latin  
> deprecat- ‘prayed against (as being evil),’ from the verb  
> deprecari, from de- (expressing reversal) + precari ‘pray.’
> USAGE See usage at self-deprecating .