downgrade a rating

Frequency: 6.88.5 per million words

To lower the level or quality of a rating, especially a credit rating.

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Examples (10)

  • The agency decided to downgrade the company's rating due to financial instability.
  • Investors were concerned after analysts threatened to downgrade the bond's rating.
  • Following the scandal, the celebrity's public rating was severely downgraded.
  • The country's sovereign rating might be downgraded if economic conditions worsen.
  • They had to downgrade the product's safety rating after new test results emerged.
  • Are you planning to downgrade your service rating after the poor experience?
  • The committee voted to downgrade the university's academic rating.
  • It's crucial to avoid actions that could downgrade your credit rating.
  • The critic chose to downgrade the restaurant's hygiene rating after his visit.
  • If performance doesn't improve, we may have to downgrade their overall rating.