Synonyms of underemphasize

underemphasize

verb

as in to understate

Related Words

• understate
• tone (down)
• minimize
• de-emphasize
• disparage
• play down
• belittle
• discount

Dissimilar Words

• emphasize
• point (up)
• highlight
• stress
• identify
• focus
• accentuate
• feature
• accent
• illuminate
• press
• pinpoint
• punctuate
• play up
• promote
• foreground
• advertise
• publicize
• boost
• spotlight
• plug

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of underemphasize

Many university cybersecurity programs underemphasize cyber law, risk management, enterprise architecture and executive communication, producing graduates who can configure a firewall but cannot assess business risk or brief a board. — Harpreet Sidhu, Fortune, 13 June 2026

The charts can also miss or underemphasize trends in music streaming, a challenge that Billboard itself has acknowledged. — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 25 June 2022

In fiction, perhaps there can be a tendency to both overemphasize and underemphasize the centrality of this activity to modern life. — David Wallace, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021