low-rate

transitive verb

chiefly South & Midland

: belittle, censure, depreciate, disparage

you low-rate me too much

—Lonnie Coleman

low-rating the achievements of his … friends

—Lee Rogow

Word History

First Known Use

1743, in the meaning defined above

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