In effect, this downgrades your project to unimportant.
•I didn't mean to downgrade you to the assistant status.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Downgrade — A classic negative change in ratings for a stock, and or other rated security. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * downgrade down‧grade [ˈdaʊngreɪd] verb [transitive] 1. to give something less importance, for example by spending less… … Financial and business terms
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downgrade — UK [ˈdaʊnˌɡreɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms downgrade : present tense I/you/we/they downgrade he/she/it downgrades present participle downgrading past tense downgraded past participle downgraded 1) to treat something in a way that shows… … English dictionary
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downgrade — verb (T) 1 to make a job less important or move someone to a less important job: downgrade sb/sth to sth: Harris was downgraded to Assistant Manager. opposite upgrade 2 to make something seem less important or valuable than it is … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
downgrade — down|grade [ daun,greıd ] verb transitive * 1. ) to treat something in a way that shows that you think it is now less important than it was: The United States had no intention of downgrading its relations with China. 2. ) to move someone to a job … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
downgrade — [[t]da͟ʊngre̱ɪ̱d[/t]] downgrades, downgrading, downgraded 1) VERB: usu passive If something is downgraded, it is given less importance than it used to have or than you think it should have. [be V ed] The boy s condition has been downgraded from… … English dictionary
downgrade — [ˈdaʊnˌgreɪd] verb [T] 1) to treat something in a way that makes it seem less important than before 2) to move someone to a job that is less important … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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