Examples of using "презирать" in a sentence and their english translations:
We shouldn't look down on other people.
You must not despise someone because they are poor.
We should not despise a man because he is poor.
We shouldn't look down on a person only because he's homeless.
You mustn't despise him because he didn't win a prize.
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.