underplay
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underplay
Rhymes with -eɪ
noun
- The act of underplaying.
verb underplays · underplaying · underplayed
- To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
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To make something seem less important than it really is.
As a working-class person I want to tell Tucker and any other gay and lesbian activists who call themselves socialists and so should certainly know better, that when they underplay survival issues and don't acknowledge the faultline under their feet that is class in this society, it hurts me right i
Similar: belittle, downplay, understate, bagatellize, banalize, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage
- To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
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verb to play in an inferior manner — see also underact
| Español | restarse, minimizarse |
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