underplay

discreet camerawork and underplayed acting.

the violins underplayed the romantic element in the music.

I do not wish to underplay the tragedies that have occurred.

second, the role of bank holding companies may further increase the incentives of shareholders to underplay risk;

She tends to underplay her achievements.

He underplays his role in the project.

The actor intentionally underplays his character for a more subtle performance.

Don't underplay the importance of this meeting.

She tends to underplay her emotions in public.

The company tried to underplay the negative impact of the new policy.

It's important not to underplay the risks involved in this venture.

He tends to underplay his own talents and abilities.

The politician tried to underplay the controversy surrounding his statement.

She underplays her pain to avoid worrying her family.

And they don't come as themselves. They don't underplay anything.

Internal obstacles are rarely discussed and often underplayed.

Bracing as it is, though, this book underplays the robustness of some of the institutions it frets over.

If we think about history as we do now, we are underplaying 10,000 years of human progress and development.

It was a breakthrough moment, teaching Plummer to avoid mawkish overemoting, and he's been underplaying the hell out of every role since.

Indeed, if anything, I think we are likely underplaying how important the sense of fairness is for people.

An outlook that encourages blind optimism, that ignores reality, and underplays life's many hardships.

As a professor of the history of international relations, he tends to overplay the diplomacy and war and underplay the economics and domestic policy.

Their own integrity, and their own abilities have therefore been underplayed or neglected completely.

To describe it as a courtroom drama would be to underplay the subtle, tightly controlled study of motherhood, race, belonging and separation that lies at the centre of this darkly mesmerising film.