underemphasize
verb
un·der·em·pha·size
ˌən-dər-ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz 
underemphasized; underemphasizing; underemphasizes
: to fail to emphasize adequately
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The charts can also miss or underemphasize trends in music streaming, a challenge that Billboard itself has acknowledged.
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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
Clark’s theories underemphasize the importance of other people as the primary embodiment of external representation, rather than our own bodies, machines, or objects in the world.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
The Journal reported in December that Strzok meant to convey that Clinton’s probable victory didn’t mean that the FBI should underemphasize an investigation that could uncover evidence of collusion between Trump’s associates and Moscow.
—Matt Ford, New Republic, 12 Jan. 2018
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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
Clark’s theories underemphasize the importance of other people as the primary embodiment of external representation, rather than our own bodies, machines, or objects in the world.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
The Journal reported in December that Strzok meant to convey that Clinton’s probable victory didn’t mean that the FBI should underemphasize an investigation that could uncover evidence of collusion between Trump’s associates and Moscow.
—Matt Ford, New Republic, 12 Jan. 2018
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“Underemphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemphasize. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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