relegated

[rel-i-gey-tid]

adjective

1. sent or consigned to a lower position, place, or condition.

   Over time, after the people’s uprising, reports of human rights violations became a relegated segment of evening news.

2. (of a task or other matter) consigned or committed to someone to take care of.

   Besides these relegated duties that the Chair performs on behalf of the committee, the Chair is also expected to keep abreast of new regulatory trends.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of relegate.

Other Word Forms

• unrelegated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of relegated¹

relegate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“It gets completely relegated in the campaigns,” said Johanna Miller, director of the New York Civil Liberties Union’s education policy center.

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In symphony orchestras, the lone tuba is relegated to the back row, and the player’s face is sometimes obscured by the bell.

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But this is not a problem simply relegated to online trolling or private chats by “kids.”

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However, it was another night to forget for all three clubs relegated from the Premier League last season.

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Andrew is rarely seen at public events having already been relegated to the status of “nonworking royal.”

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Related Words

• consign 
• entrust 
• refer