downgrade
verb
• reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance.
• "some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi-skilled"
Similar:
demote,
lower,
lower in status,
reduce/lower in rank,
reduce in importance,
relegate,
bust,
degrade,
disparage,
denigrate,
detract from,
run down,
decry,
belittle,
make light of,
minimize,
defame,
bad-mouth,
downgrade
noun
• an instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance.
• "downgrades by debt-rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one"
• a downward gradient on a railway or road.
• "a steep downgrade for which he had to put the car in second"
on the downgrade
• in decline.
• "profits are on the downgrade"
