Word: downgrade
reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance. Example: some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi-skilled
an instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance. Example: downgrades by debt-rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one
a downward gradient on a railway or road. Example: a steep downgrade for which he had to put the car in second
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