transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)pleɪ ]
( underplays, underplaying, underplayed)
If you underplay something, you make it seem less important than it really is. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use play down )
We often underplay the skills we have...
The problem of alcoholism was, and still is, often underplayed.
= play down, downplay
VERB : V n , V n