0 present participle of underplay
1 to make something such as a dangerous situation seem less important or dangerous than it really is:
Belief in the caring generosity of physicians falsifies what we know about them by emphasizing their virtues and underplaying their other commitments and motivations.
It would seem that he is underplaying the situation.
An important outcome is a critique of the manner in which social policy emphasises the benefits of community-based care whilst underplaying the potential of institutional care.
Whilst not underplaying the surgical complexities, they can be successfully separated.
Keil's careful and convincing justification for underplaying these lies in the presentation of his work as a grounding into which the ' ' dangling cause ' ' of culture can be reintroduced.
I am not deliberately underplaying it, but it is unnecessary to exaggerate it.
I still believe that we are underplaying the issue.
Any underplaying of recreation will be regarded as controversial by recreation interests and will be likely to lead to new controversy and conflict.
