move down on the priority list

deprioritize

verb|/diˈpraɪ.ɔr.ə.taɪz/

Reduce the importance or urgency of something

Examples

In a meeting

Let's deprioritize the website redesign until after the product launch.

Over coffee

I've decided to deprioritize dating and focus on my career.

Why this word

downgrade

Deprioritize specifically refers to ranking in importance, downgrade is broader about reducing status

postpone

Deprioritize means lowering in priority order, postpone just delays timing

defer

Deprioritize changes relative importance, defer focuses on delaying action

Usage tip

Use when consciously deciding something is less important than other tasks

Etymology

Latin 'de' (down) + 'prior' (former, more important)

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