UNDEREMPHASIZE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

underemphasize

verb

Definition of underemphasize

as in to understate

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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

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Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs at The Century Foundation, said the findings may understate the financial pressure households face.

— Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
The real ones know that the best Chelsea boots make an outfit look understated, elegant, and edgy all at once.

— Catie Pusateri, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2026

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