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What does downplay mean?

downplay

— verb (= play down) understate the importance or quality of he played down his royal ancestry — verb (= understate) represent as less significant or important

Synonyms downplay synonyms

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play down understate minimize minimise background belittle underplay underestimate talk down soft-pedal snub slight scorn pick at disparage disgrace diminish derogate depreciate deprecate denigrate deemphasize de-emphasise

Conjugation downplay conjugation

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downplay · verb

Examples downplay examples

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Movie subtitles

When it does, we'll downplay your relationship with Hardin somehow.
Downplay howmuch you hate Falwell.
Let's not downplay the upside.
Lieutenant, I don't mean to downplay the horror of this tragedy or the urgency of your investigation, but what about the museum?
Not to downplay my own slaying abilities, which in some circles are considered formidable, but shouldn't Faith be here?
Downplay the tiara.
Of course, we may downplay the life-threatening parts.
In fact, I've- - I spend a large amount of my time trying to, like, downplay my ego and get it even smaller and smaller.
Is there any way that you could kind of, from now on, downplay our relationship a little more in your public addresses?
Don't downplay this, House.
You don't have to downplay it to make me fell better.
Yes, Dr Kohlhage, I know that. I won't downplay the seriousness of it.
Downplay the infection rate, concentrate on the good news.
Downplay it.
Don't. underestimate my fear of dying. and don't downplay my terror of going back to that chair.
Just wait until your mother hears about this! Of course, we may downplay the life-threatening parts.
Every time something wonderful happens to you, you downplay it.
The boss wanted us to downplay the whole thing. - Said it was bad for business.
I won't downplay the seriousness of it.
I'm thinking we need to downplay those hideous growths on your head.
Don't downplay. you're good.
Don't downplay what you've done.
So downplay how much you hate Falwell.
Do not downplay the significance of this potential source of information.
Well.. l do tend to escalate things and you do tend to downplay them.
In fact, I spend a large amount of my time trying to, like, downplay my ego, and get it even smaller and smaller.
The boss wanted us to downplay the whole thing.
It's more effective if you downplay it.
Oh, please. All Greg did was downplay that woman's looks, so Pam wouldn't be jealous, and you know it.
Downplay the fact that the president is wanted by the Hague Tribunal.

News and current affairs

Despite efforts to downplay the significance of the Nuclear Posture Review since its publication, it remains, in my view, extremely provocative and dangerous.
For starters, both the Russian and Chinese governments can afford to downplay the significance of their ties with the United States.
As their economies have expanded, Asian countries have gained the confidence to construct and exalt a new past, in which they either downplay their own aggressions or highlight their steadfastness in the face of brutal victimization.
The most popular explanations downplay risk factors in a way that can be dangerously misleading.
I certainly do not want to downplay or dismiss this side of humanity's history and our current events.
So it is convenient for them to downplay the likelihood that risks to the world's financial system will be spread more evenly than the benefits.
Investors took Europe's leaders at their word, because politicians usually downplay rather than overstate a crisis.
Or will we witness attempts to downplay the calamity and return to business as usual as soon as possible?
Moreover, supporters of alternative energies systematically downplay their negative environmental impact.
Nor would I seek to downplay the full horror of what has happened.
It seems to be part of human nature willfully to deny the possibility of great crises, or at least to downplay them.

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