Usually means: Made to seem less important.
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  1. downplayed: Merriam-Webster
  2. downplayed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. downplayed: Vocabulary.com
  4. Downplayed, downplayed: Wordnik
  5. downplayed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. downplayed: Wiktionary
  7. downplayed: Dictionary.com
  8. downplayed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. downplayed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (downplay)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
▸ Also see downplay

Types:
subdued, understated, unpretentious, restrained, low-key, more...

Phrases:
downplayed something, more...

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subdued, understated, unpretentious, restrained, low-key, more...

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downplayed something, more...




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