adjective
definition
Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
Examples of defamatory in a Sentence
Defamatory or otherwise actionable comments should also be avoided.
Every time a defamatory posting or an email is read by a third party, a potentially actionable publication occurs.
A letter to us I am sure would contain many things which are not defamatory or which cannot be used.
I find Lipstadt's unsustainable allegations of manipulating, distorting, and skewing documents and quotations highly defamatory.
You have published a profile under a page lead headline that was a concocted quotation which was, in my view clearly defamatory.
Make sure that your website does not contain material that could be considered defamatory in these jurisdictions.
In English law, each publication of defamatory material is separately actionable.
Prodigy was held liable for defamatory allegations of fraud made against a company called Stratton Oakmont on a Prodigy maintained bulletin board.
Kewell is also claiming an injunction restraining the defendants from repeating the allegedly defamatory views.
Take care not to make potentially defamatory statements about either persons or products.
Is that a " sufficient antidote " to rid the publication as a whole of its otherwise defamatory meaning?
Take care that you express yourself in a way that will not be deemed defamatory.
Online Archives When a libel suit is won by a claimant it is not essential to take defamatory material offline.
Tom Cruise has vehemently fought the tabloids for printing stories that he felt were defamatory in nature and donated the court case proceeds to charity.