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downplay

verb

down·​play ˈdau̇n-ˌplā How to pronounce downplay (audio)
downplayed; downplaying; downplays

Example Sentences

Athletes often downplay their injuries. he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
Recent Examples on the Web Some senators this week tried to downplay any concerns, noting that the final months of a campaign are often the most lucrative and that the Republican bet on digital fundraising could still pay off. Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s government is scrambling Tuesday to downplay concerns of a potential Russian invasion, despite the U.S. delivering another shipment of military aid and heightening the readiness of some 8,500 troops. Greg Norman, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2022 While Ume has sought to downplay any concerns that such amazing visual effects are a game-changer for political disinformation, other security experts are indeed concerned. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2021 Across the country, Republicans worked to downplay any concerns that health risks will keep some of their voters home, after Democrats heavily promoted mail-in and early in-person balloting to their voters. Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2020 Russian authorities, eager to downplay the significance of the apparent sabotage efforts, have blamed those incidents on the poor condition of the railway system. Guillaume Ptak, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022 Officials continue to downplay the possible threat of the spread of monkeypox among children. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Today’s hearing is likely to focus on the pro-Trump Republican lawmakers who were communicating with the president during the insurrection, and have spent much of the past two years trying to downplay the attack. oregonlive, 21 July 2022 The tree tends to downplay the genetic variation within species, which can obscure the fact that common ancestors are actually diverse populations that can pass on different versions of a gene to different descendants. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of downplay was in 1948

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