demoted

Verstappen was unhappy about the role Russell played in the Red Bull driver being given a one-place penalty which demoted him from pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix last weekend.

He had taken pole position on Saturday, before being demoted one place behind Mercedes' George Russell for driving too slowly during the session.

Wonderful art objects get demoted to the status of illustrations.

Mr. Morris was soon demoted, the lawsuit says, and later fired.

It appears the prime minister had grown tired of Ms Gray’s failure to actually start the paid, part-time job that she had been demoted into when she left Downing Street.