downgrades
Lowers in rank
Downgrades are reductions in status, rating, or quality.
Analysts issue downgrades when they lower their assessment of a stock or bond: The downgrades sent shares tumbling.
Airlines downgrade passengers from first class to coach.
Software downgrades revert to earlier versions.
Credit agencies downgrade nations whose debt becomes riskier.
The verb downgrade works the same way: They downgraded the storm from a hurricane to a tropical storm.
Process of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
- worseningBecoming more severe
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- erosionGradual wearing away
slippage · regression · weakening · diminishment · drop · fall · slide · slump
Asset value reduction over time
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- markdownReduction in retail price
- repricingAdjusting monetary value
- discountReduced price offered
cheapening · price cut · rate reduction · revaluation · impairment · adjustment
Assignment to lower status
- demotionReduction in status
- reductionMaking something smaller
- loweringMoving something downward
- downshiftChange to lower gear
declassification · derate · derank · strip · unseat · bust · demote
Become or make smaller
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- trimRemove unwanted edges
- curtailTo cut short
pare · slash · shrink · diminish · lessen · rollback · retrenchment · economize
Express low opinion of
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
- underrateJudge below true merit
- underestimateJudge too low
dismiss · minimize · denigrate · deprecate · slight · diminish
Of lower rank
- substandardBelow required quality
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
- worseningBecoming more severe
- decayGradual organic breakdown
erosion · slippage · regression · weakening · diminishment · drop · fall · slide · slump · downturn
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- markdownReduction in retail price
- repricingAdjusting monetary value
discount · cheapening · price cut · rate reduction · revaluation · impairment · adjustment
relegation
Assignment to lower status
downshift · declassification · derate · derank · strip · unseat · bust · demote
decrease
Become or make smaller
curtail · pare · slash · shrink · diminish · lessen · rollback · retrenchment · economize · downscale
disparage
Express low opinion of
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
- underrateJudge below true merit
underestimate · dismiss · minimize · denigrate · deprecate · slight · diminish
inferior
Of lower rank
- substandardBelow required quality
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
second-rate · defective · impaired · tarnished · basic · standard
- slopesslope, incline, slopes, inclines, grade
- Consumer Shoppingshopping, retail, checkout, purchasing, online shopping