underemphasizing
Giving insufficient weight
Underemphasizing is giving something less attention or importance than it deserves.
A report might underemphasize risks to make a project seem safer.
A speaker underemphasizing key points may leave an audience confused about what matters most.
The word implies a failure to stress what should be stressed: Critics accused the study of underemphasizing environmental costs.
Diminish perceived importance
- understateExpress with restraint
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
- underplayMinimize emphasis or expression
trivialize · belittle · underestimate · underappreciate · underrepresent · underreport · discount · devalue
downplay
Diminish perceived importance
- understateExpress with restraint
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- undervalueEstimate below true worth
underplay · trivialize · belittle · underestimate · underappreciate · underrepresent · underreport · discount · devalue · play down
understate
Express with restraint
insinuate · allude · nuance · veil · couch · indirect · tacit · implicit · muted · low-key
tone down
Reduce intensity or volume
dampen · dilute · attenuate · blunt · cushion · ease · subdue · restrain · qualify · hedge
underemphasizingoveremphasizing
Stressing beyond due measure
exaggerating · overstating · stressing · highlighting · emphasizing
emphasis, emphasize, emphatic, emphasized, emphasizing, emphases, emphatically, overemphasize, overemphasis