noun
definition
The act of underplaying.
verb
definition
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
definition
To make something seem less important than it really is.
definition
To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
Examples of underplay in a Sentence
The CV should not underplay your achievements and skills or they may go unnoticed.
The survey presented below also suggests that anthropological studies have tended to underplay the significance of ethnic cleavages.
Traditional measures of social class tend to underplay the extent to which smoking has become concentrated in the poorest sections of society.
This is not to underplay the importance of such data.
Is n't there a danger that the same thing will happen if you underplay the impact of the internet on ITV?