downrate

[doun-reyt]

verb (used with object)

downrated, downrating 

1. to lower the rate of.

   to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of downrate¹

down ¹ + rate ¹

Example Sentences

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."

From Time Magazine Archive