Topic: EMPLOYMENT
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down‧grade
[transitive]
[transitive]1BE to make a job less important, or to move someone to a less important job [≠ upgrade]
2 to make something seem less important or valuable than it is : 
Police often downgrade the seriousness of violence against women in the home.
Police often downgrade the seriousness of violence against women in the home.3 to state that something is not as serious as it was : Hurricane Bob has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Hurricane Bob has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
