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deprioritise

deprioritise is the alternative spelling of deprioritize.

Meaning of deprioritize

Verb

deprioritize (third-person singular simple present deprioritizes, present participle deprioritizing, simple past and past participle deprioritized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the level of priority of.
    • Do you want me to deprioritize my current report to get this done?

Forms of deprioritise

third-person singular presentdeprioritises
present participledeprioritising
past participledeprioritised
pastdeprioritised

Origin of deprioritise

From de- + prioritise.

Questions about deprioritise

What is deprioritise the alternative spelling of?
Deprioritise is the alternative spelling of deprioritize.

Words near deprioritise in the dictionary

  1. depriming
  2. deprimings
  3. DePrimo
  4. deprioritisation
  5. deprioritisations
  6. deprioritise
  7. deprioritised
  8. deprioritises
  9. deprioritising
  10. deprioritization
  11. deprioritize

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