deprioritise

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A form of deprioritize — To reduce the level of priority of.

OriginEnglish prioritise ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdeprioritise (third-person singular simple present deprioritises, present participle deprioritising, simple past and past participle deprioritised)

present singular third person deprioritises · participle present deprioritising · participle past deprioritised · past deprioritised

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of deprioritize.

    However, TfL's draft business plan notes: "Investment in additional rail capacity has been deprioritised to align with our latest demand forecasts, which show we will have excess public transport capacity in the medium term."

    2023 January 11, Philip Haigh, “Recovering passenger numbers is TfL's top priority”, in RAIL, number 974, page 44

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishprioritise
  8. Englishdeprioritise

From de- + prioritise.

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APA

deprioritise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprioritise

MLA

“deprioritise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprioritise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deprioritise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprioritise.

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