Underplay

Definition

underplay / ʌndǝ'pleÇ / v ၁။ အေရးမႀကီးေလဟန္ ေမွးမိွန္ပစ္သည္။ The government is desperately trying to underplay the significance of the opinion polls. ၂။ အသာေဖာ့လိုက္သည္။ မိွန္ထားသည္။ The romantic element in the music was somewhat underplayed. Compare OVERPLAY, DOWNPLAY

Examples

1. ‘Despite its subject matter
2. the film is unsentimental and avoids the conventions of melodrama
3. with some of the most intense scenes being quietly underplayed and restrained.’
4. ‘It required that I act just ‘perfect’
5. overacting or even underplaying the role would have ruined the effect of the film.’
6. ‘He is a master of understatement; all of his actors underplay their parts.’
7. ‘He underplays the role
8. but that is what was required.’
9. ‘He underplays the role at times
10. but really gives the movie a boost when he is on screen.’
11. ‘The rest of the cast either underplays their role or overplays it to the point of being far too cartoonish.’
12. ‘In the title role
13. he underplays the part nicely.’
14. ‘This is no different; the guy just knows how to underplay a role and spit out brilliant one-liners.’
15. ‘She is suitably endearing
16. though that is due to her natural looks and good sense in underplaying her role.’
17. ‘He wisely underplays his role
18. evoking a man of deep contradictions.’
19. ‘Owen has a tendency to underplay his roles - an approach that serves him well here.’
20. ‘A strong script
21. able direction
22. and a stellar cast who underplay their roles make it very worthy of at least a rental.’
23. ‘She doesn't rely on the standard femme fatale clichés
24. but underplays the role.’
25. ‘The mob scenes and concert craziness are actually underplayed
26. since no one would really believe the kind of mass frenzy the group created.’
27. ‘She never overplays her role nor underplays it - in essence
28. she was the perfect choice for this role and makes a stunning cinematic debut.’
29. ‘The more she underplays her singing
30. the better the results.’
31. ‘‘Only a fool would underplay the important role you played in our history
32. ’ he said.’
33. ‘More than anyone else
34. Bobby himself would wish to underplay his disability and to concentrate on his achievements
35. for that is really what is important to him.’
36. ‘His laid-back attitude possibly disguises some internal strife for there is no underplaying the importance of every point won and lost at this stage.’
37. ‘However
38. one should never underplay the romantic potential of the Internet.’