downgrading
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 disparage.
- 4
To reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
- 5
To revert software back to an older version.
noun
- 1
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
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