DOWNGRADE

downgrade

Noun

  1. A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.

Verb

  1. To place lower in position.
    The stock was downgraded from 'buy' to 'sell'.
  2. To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts.
  3. to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
  4. To revert software back to an older version.


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