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Example sentences for: underplayed

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This is sure-fire material, and Lee structures it deftly, leaving us in the dark until the end as to why Jake--a manifestly decent, soft-spoken, cagey fellow, gorgeously underplayed by Washington--ended up in prison in the first place.
The last part of the article might have underplayed the security threats to users.
Writing has not been ignored entirely by writers on language, but its role has been consistently underplayed.
Slightly derogatory, usually implying that the story was underplayed. (e.g., "The New York Times and Los Angeles Times fronted the Waco controversy, while USA Today stuffed the story").
A topic of immeasurable social and intellectual importance is very unwisely buried deep inside the NYT business section: How could a story about "Today's Papers" be so badly underplayed?