underemphasize

They tend to underemphasize the potential for violent upheaval.

Social Security and Real Production, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

It tends to underemphasize the power shifts that have occurred in the hemisphere, the variation in terms of institutional development, the opportunities that exist, or the role of the private sector in shaping agendas and relations.

Christopher Sabatini: Obama's Latin American Policy: Talking Like It's 1999 2010

It tends to underemphasize the power shifts that have occurred in the hemisphere, the variation in terms of institutional development, the opportunities that exist, or the role of the private sector in shaping agendas and relations.

Obama's Latin American Policy: Talking Like It's 1999 Christopher Sabatini 2010

As a former engineer in oil drilling services, I cannot underemphasize “stupid.”

BP’s “small people” 2010

This is particularly important for many women, who tend to underemphasize their accomplishments.

Undervaluing Your Worth 2010

I do think that Zark overemphasizes IQ, but not as much as my Progressive colleagues underemphasize it, to the point of self-satire.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the U.S. “One of the Largest Muslim Countries in the World”? 2009

It goes a crucial step further, and I wouldn't underemphasize the point that the idea that this is all about women's choice, that these women freely choose to dress that way, I think that's easy to exaggerate.

Unsteady States 2009

The bias leads diffusion researchers to ignore the study of ignorance about innovations, to underemphasize the rejection or discontinuance of innovations, to overlook re-invention, and to fail to study antidiffusion programs designed to prevent the diffusion of “bad” innovations like crack cocaine or cigarettes, for example.

Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

Managers and union leaders both generally overemphasize the importance of pay as a source of dissatisfaction of employees and underemphasize the importance of such concerns as security, job satisfaction, and opportunity Bass & Ryterband, 1979.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Managers and union leaders both generally overemphasize the importance of pay as a source of dissatisfaction of employees and underemphasize the importance of such concerns as security, job satisfaction, and opportunity Bass & Ryterband, 1979.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008