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.
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Harpreet Sidhu,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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.
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David Wallace,
The New Yorker,
5 July 2021
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underemphasize
understate
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The competitive risk is real and should not be understated.
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However, aid workers believe that the official numbers vastly understate the scale of the crisis.
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“Underemphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemphasize. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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