DE-EMPHASIZED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

de-emphasized

verb

past tense of de-emphasize

as in minimized

to reduce in apparent importance you're at a point in your career where you can de-emphasize your academic record and emphasize your work experience

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Recent Examples of de-emphasized Our tactile and sensory life has been de-emphasized in favor of ideas, symbols, accomplishments, and abstractions. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 The changes have included an overhaul of Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has de-emphasized a listing of relevant web links in its results and increasingly highlighted AI overviews and conversational responses provided through an AI mode. — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025

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Whether intentional or unintentional, the creation of new space debris by future space missions must be minimized as much as possible.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Forests may occasionally have to be sacrificed for economic development, said Tuan Vo of Can Tho University, but the damage should be minimized by consulting experts and understanding how changes could affect river flows.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of minimized

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Yet, the complaint says, both downplayed their firsthand knowledge of the laptop or involvement in investigations during 2023 congressional testimony.

— Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Cuomo downplayed the wave of objections, framing the pushback as a predictable reaction to a major market shift.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of downplayed

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The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

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