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to downplay
01
to make something seem less important or significant than it truly is
Transitive: to downplay importance of something
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
downplay
3rd person singular
downplays
Present participle
downplaying
Past simple
downplayed
Past participle
downplayed
Examples
The manager chose to downplay the challenges the team was facing during the project.
Lexical Tree
downplay
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