Meaning & use
relegated
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Assigned to a lower rank, position, or place, often as a result of poor performance.
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After several losses, the team was relegated to the lower division.
His old ideas were relegated to a footnote in the new edition of the textbook.
A note on using this word
Relegate is especially common in British sports writing, where 'relegation' describes a team's move down to a lower league.
Words with a similar meaning
demoteddowngraded
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Words with an opposite meaning
promotedelevated
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