# ratioed

Pronunciation: US say "RAY-shohd" /ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊd/; UK say "RAY-shee-ohd" /ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊd/

## Adjective

1. Describing a social media post that has many more replies than retweets or likes, signaling widespread public disapproval.
   - Simple: Describing a post that gets far more replies than likes, showing that people dislike it.
   - _The ratioed announcement quickly became a running joke among commentators._
   - _A ratioed post tells you the public sharply disagrees with whoever wrote it._
3. Of a tweet, having drawn a reply that collected more likes than the original tweet did.
   - Simple: Describing a post that got a reply with more likes than the post itself.
   - _By evening the senator's tweet looked hopelessly ratioed, with one sarcastic reply collecting twice as many likes as the original._
   - _She deleted the ratioed post after a stranger's correction outscored it in likes overnight._
4. Changed or scaled by being multiplied by a particular ratio.
   - Simple: Changed in size or amount by multiplying it with a set ratio.
   - _The transmission's ratioed gearing improved highway fuel economy._
   - _The recipe's ratioed quantities had to be recalculated for a larger batch._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of ratio. — simple past and past participle of ratio
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of ratio. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _Critics ratioed the senator's post within the hour._
   - _The crowd ratioed his half-hearted apology, piling on replies._

## Origin

Formed from "ratio" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ratioed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).