downgrade

downgrade
downgrader, n.
/down"grayd'/, n., adj., adv., v., downgraded, downgrading.
n.
1. a downward slope, esp. of a road.
2. on the downgrade, in a decline toward an inferior state or position: His career has been on the downgrade.
adj., adv.
3. downhill.
v.t.
4. to assign to a lower status with a smaller salary.
5. to minimize the importance of; denigrate: She tried to downgrade the findings of the investigation.
6. to assign a lower security classification to (information, a document, etc.).
[1855-60, Amer.; DOWN1 + GRADE]

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