UNDERPLAY


Meaning of UNDERPLAY in English

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

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