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downplay

verb

To present something as less important or serious than it may be.

Minimize apparent importance

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minimize understate play down belittle soft-pedal gloss over

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minimize

verb

To reduce something as much as possible, or to present it as less important.

Reduce to a minimum

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reduce lessen diminish curtail pare down cut back

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subtle

adjective

Not obvious and requiring care to notice or understand.

Not obvious

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faint slight delicate elusive understated nuanced

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