turndown

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: turn=down

CIDE DICTIONARY

turndown, a. 

•  Capable of being turned down;  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Made to wear with the upper part turned down; as, a turndown collar.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

turndown, n. 

•  An act of refusing or of being refused; as, to get a turndown in an application for a job, a grant, etc.  [PJC]
•  a decline in activity, especially business; as, they expect a turndown in housing construction in the fall.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

turndown

abnegation, contradiction, declension, declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation, disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience, dissent, holding back, nay, negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonobservance, recantation, refusal, rejection, repudiation, retention, thumbs-down, unwillingness, withholding