downplay

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İngilizce - Türkçe
Önemsiz gibi göstermek, önemsememek

The text downplays the importance of the Columbus's discovery.

Önemsiz göstermek
İngilizce - İngilizce
To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential

He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.

To minimize the significance of; play down
If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is. The government is trying to downplay the violence. = play down. to make something seem less important than it really is = play down
understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
To de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
represent as less significant or important
{f} de-emphasize, make little of
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