relegated

American  

[rel-i-gey-tid] / ˈrɛl ɪˌgeɪ tɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unrelegated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of relegated

relegate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Flower Drum Song,” relegated to the shadows of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” and “South Pacific,” didn’t last long when it received its first and only Broadway revival in 2002.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The little bean bags that once appeared relegated to the same cultural graveyard as mixtapes and Blockbuster have taken over high-school sports fields, hallways and sometimes classrooms seemingly overnight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

London taxpayers may have to pay an extra £2.5m if West Ham are relegated from the Premier League this season, because of the club's lease agreement for London Stadium.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Shares of companies that rode high and survived the dot-com bust — but were then relegated to the tech sector’s back ranks during the decades that followed — have suddenly come alive again.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Two minutes before, I hadn’t even wanted to celebrate, but now I was feeling dejected and insulted at being relegated to a midweek dinner at the same place we always went to.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

Related Words

• consign
• entrust
• refer