(~s, downgrading, ~d)
1.
If something is ~d, it is given less importance than it used to have or than you think it should have.
The boy’s condition has been ~d from critical to serious...
? upgrade
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
2.
If someone is ~d, their job or status is changed so that they become less important or receive less money.
There was no criticism of her work until after she was ~d...
His superiors suspended him, and then ~d him.
= demote
? upgrade
VERB: be V-ed, V n