downrate

[doun-reyt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

downrated, downrating

to lower the rate of.
to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of downrate¹

down ¹ + rate ¹

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Larner also detects in McCarthy "a deep-seated bitterness, which made him downrate individuals even as he was calling for a national policy of generosity."

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