underplay

The manufacturers’ websites underplayed the benefits of breastfeeding and overstated its challenges.

There were other considerations, and I don’t want to underplay the logistical challenges posed by the pandemic.

One of Smith's biggest internal challenges is a perception that he long underplayed the severity of the investigation — presenting it as a relatively minor accounting problem.

I won’t underplay the depth and complexity of California’s challenges.

These statements mark a shift for public bodies that, for decades, have underplayed health research on social issues.

What she did need to worry about was trying to underplay her book in view of the attention it drew.

To say that this is an unusual moment would be to underplay how unique it really is.

Unknown forces are all the time engaged in a mystic underplay which is the real action of the piece.

Especially with a purple speech like that; you've simply got to learn to underplay.