Meanings of discredite practice in English

Affection for this discredited practice is characterized as pointless and sentimental.

The Premier slammed the "so-called therapy" as a harmful, prejudiced and discredited practice.

That suggests some longing for the abandoned and widely discredited practice of linking currencies directly to commodities like gold.

Gay conversion therapy refers to the discredited practice of trying to change sexual orientation using psychological or spiritual means.

Sometimes he even encountered a patient who'd been burned on the arm or chest, a thoroughly discredited practice meant to draw out ill humors.

Duncan Hames, director of policy at Transparency International UK, said it was "time to end the discredited practice of our parliamentarians enjoying generous foreign hospitality".

Conversion therapy is described by US-based charity The Trevor Project as "dangerous and discredited practices aimed at changing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity."