downplay

Etymology

Synthetic form of the phrase play down. Synchronically, down- + play.

verb

  1. (transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
    He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.

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