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downrate

American

[doun-reyt] / ˈdaʊnˌreɪt /

verb (used with object)

downrated, downrating

to lower the rate of.

to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.

Etymology

Origin of downrate

down ¹ + rate ¹

Example Sentences

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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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