Example sentences for: devalued

How can you use “devalued” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • When Brazil--whose economic history is nearly as dismal as Argentina's--finally devalued in January, the predicted hyperinflation never arrived and neither did the financial meltdown.

  • 3 billion IMF emergency loan agreed to in July, but delayed after Russia devalued its currency and defaulted on its domestic debt.

  • "In contrast to the dollar, but just like the ruble, he is devalued, ridiculed and lacking credibility," Libération said.

  • And why is a devalued currency preferable to increased interest rates?

  • The Post lead quotes an American nuclear security expert saying that the Russian economy is the world's greatest proliferation threat--since the ruble was devalued last summer, the government has slashed the salaries of nuclear plant workers and guards, which means not only fewer people protecting the nukes but also more people prone to the temptations of selling them.


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