UNDERPLAY


Meaning of UNDERPLAY in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Even if the latest Catholic reforms underplay the offertory ritual, it is not of itself without meaning or challenge.

For in looking back she underplayed the impact of feminist discourses on the repeal struggle.

For once he was underplaying his hand.

McQueen seems to inspire Hoffman to underplay , too.

Never underplay the Tory party's ruthlessness towards a limping leader, we were told.

Rarely is any news story ever underplayed.

The standard third-world prescription heavily underplays the role of private property.

Whatever his motives, Salah was careful to underplay the contribution education might make to the emancipation and liberation of women.

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