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• v  represent as less significant or important
• s  exhibiting restrained good taste
  the room is pleasant and understated

• Yahoo rebuffed the offer, saying it vastly understated what the company was worth.
• But Foxx's transition to TV wouldn't have worked without the understated work of Demond Wilson as his son Lamont.
• Last summer Folk-Rock Singer Suzanne Vega reached the Top Ten with Luka, a more understated and artful approach to the topic.

• understate
• minimize
• minimise
• downplay
• unostentatious
• unpretentious

• overstate

News & Articles

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• Scouting Casemiro: Real Madrid's Latest Summer Signing from Sao Paulo
  In January 2013, Real Madrid made the understated move of signing Casemiro from Sao Paulo on loan. The Brazilian had fallen from grace in his homeland and could only make the bench for Ney Franco's charges, and this represented the perfect chance to reinvent himself. He turned out 15 times for Castilla —Madrid's B team—and hardly wowed with any of his performances. When he was included in the ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Arts Fest public works fail to fully exploit the rivers.
  While the festival is showing more public art this year, the overall effect is a little too understated. by Nadine Wasserman Last month, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's 54-foot inflatable rubber ducky could be seen floating in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor. Its presence delighted viewers and demonstrated how urban waterways offer dramatic views and public space.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the ...
  June 12, 2013 - Pittsburgh City Paper
• Soccer-'Cautious One' Mourinho makes low-key Chelsea return
  (Recasts, adding quotes, byline) * I'm more humble than you think, says returning coach * Mourinho makes understated return to Stamford Bridge By Tony Jimenez LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - If 'Jose Mourinho, The Chelsea Sequel' had been a London West End theatre production on Monday, some of the audience may have left their seats by the intermission as the 'Special One' turned into the 'Cautious ...
  June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports