underemphasizing

verb

Definition of underemphasizingnext
present participle of underemphasize
as in understating

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  • There is no understating the size and weight of the Panthers losing team captain Aleksander Barkov to season-ending knee surgery, the recovery time set at seven to nine months.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In the Gilded Age, inflating assets and understating liabilities was standard practice across a booming system.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Underemphasizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemphasizing. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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