What is "downgrading"

Usage examples of "downgrading".

And of course, such a deviation would have triggered a corresponding downgrading of the reliability of the information by the logic circuits of the probe's own probability monitors.

That such a downgrading had not been registered in the memories was a pretty clear statement to Spock that the probe, at least, was not in error.

The best that occurred to me was a downgrading or a sideways promotion.

Some sort of downgrading is indicated, so I'm going to make you a courier.

Scott,” she finally began, “we will proceed on the assumption that at the end of all this you will still wish to be a part of Starfleet…no matter what your eventual rank downgrading might turn out to be.

Talking to him, my dad learned that this guy was a commercial air pilot and he had just had his physical that day, and he had just received a downgrading, so he could no longer be a pilot for passengers.

The birth control issue, for example, was only a reflection of the downgrading of women.

I am not going to try to build myself up by downgrading the job he did on job's sheep and his servants, and the loathsome sores with which he afflicted him from head to foot.

After officially downgrading the original red alert through orange and all the way to yellow, in steps half an hour apart, Commander Normandy had turned over the watch to her adjutant and got in a much-needed six hours or so of slumber.