The Clue
Consigned to obscurity (9 letter answer)
The Answer
RELEGATED
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Notes
The answer RELEGATED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
RELEGATE as a verb:
1. (relegate, pass on, submit) = refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
2. (demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs) = assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
3. (banish, relegate, bar) = expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
4. (relegate, classify) = assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"