Sentence examples for downplay the consequences from inspiring English sources

"When I hear people trying to downplay the consequences of that, I think that's really irresponsible, and I'm happy to talk to any of them individually and walk them through exactly why it's irresponsible," he said.

I don't mean to downplay the consequences of the bubble in the U.S. — it will be painful — but I do think innovation will bounce back relatively quickly, just as it did after the Dot-com Bubble.

In many places, an arrest simply means you get a ticket; in others, it can be more punitive (this is not to downplay the consequences of an arrest record -- something I discuss here).

A tendency was observed for providers to downplay the consequences of some of their communication challenges, not always realizing that a lack of communication can lead to a misinformed patient who may then make a misinformed choice.

The lawsuit claims that Apple has "downplayed" the consequences of the feature, and that people have not been sufficiently warned that their phones were using up their data.

Bob Crow, leader of the Rail Maritime and Transport union said: "This was an horrific incident that came perilously close to a grinder colliding with a passenger train and RMT warned at the time that it was a serious mistake on the part of London Underground to downplay the potential consequences".

The process is called "minimization" — downplaying the moral consequences of the crime without mentioning the legal ones.

Erik Grafe, Earthjustice staff attorney, also said allowing oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean takes the US in the wrong direction on combating climate change and downplays the catastrophic consequences of an oil spill here.

Questioning scientific sources for that is one thing, but downplaying the devastating consequences of Chernobyl and leaving aside the world's most eminent scientific source for that is cynical.

The recent influx of articles arguing for an Israeli or American-led attack downplays the unintended consequences such a strike would have inside Iran.

That committee has long been accused by critics of having downplayed the health consequences of repeated head trauma resulting from playing football and is at the center of a lawsuit being brought on thousands of retired NFL players against the league.