underplay
verb/ˌʌndəˈpleɪ/
/ˌʌndərˈpleɪ/
(especially British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they underplay | /ˌʌndəˈpleɪ/ /ˌʌndərˈpleɪ/ |
| he / she / it underplays | /ˌʌndəˈpleɪz/ /ˌʌndərˈpleɪz/ |
| past simple underplayed | /ˌʌndəˈpleɪd/ /ˌʌndərˈpleɪd/ |
| past participle underplayed | /ˌʌndəˈpleɪd/ /ˌʌndərˈpleɪd/ |
| -ing form underplaying | /ˌʌndəˈpleɪɪŋ/ /ˌʌndərˈpleɪɪŋ/ |
- underplay something to make something seem less important than it really is synonym downplay, play down
- I think she's underplaying the significance of the report.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnderplay is used with these nouns as the object:- role
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