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verbdownrate (third-person singular simple present downrates, present participle downrating, simple past and past participle downrated)
present singular third person downrates · participle present downrating · participle past downrated · past downrated
- transitiveTo give something a lower rating.
The eight-minute connection to East Midlands Railway is a breeze. The train is 170208, its First Class downrated, so I enjoy the wider seats for the hour to Ely, where I arrive a couple of minutes early.
2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 54
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downrate.
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