单词 | low-rate |
释义 | low-ratev. transitive. To place a low value or rating on; spec. (chiefly U.S. regional (southern) and in African-American usage) to denigrate, disparage, depreciate; to demean, belittle. ΚΠ 1743 Daily Post 7 Feb. 1/2 New Persons offering themselves at other Theatres have been rejected and low-rated with Contempt. 1743 A. Hill Fanciad iii. 25 At home low-rated, and despis'd abroad, Vainly you rage. 1897 Forest & Stream 16 Jan. 45/2 He'll sit there humbly and let a little fellow like me low-rate him. 1923 E. V. Smith in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1923 (1924) 10 I wasn't aimin' to low-rate you none just because of your daddy. 1931 A. Bontemps God Sends Sunday 179 Damn if you's gonna low-rate me in ma own house. 1960 Ebony Jan. 111/3 I do not do anything that low-rates my race. 1980 Observer 10 Aug. 17/8 Some talented managers whose ability had been consistently low-rated by their superiors were..promoted. 2003 J. Stockmyer No Fury ii. 21 Because she'd low-rated him, he'd added a couple hundred to the bill. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1743 |
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