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  • noun Insufficient emphasis

Etymologies

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under- +‎ emphasis

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Examples

  • She suggests there's an overemphasis on privacy, security, individual rights and an underemphasis on institutional tranparency, community computing and informatics, all of which she sees as necessary for an information society that benefits the poor.

    Global Voices in English » Harvard Forum: Markets, Mobiles and the ability to make culture 2009

  • What's remarkable about this deliberate underemphasis of black issues is that Mr. Obama had little trouble picking up black supporters along his way.

    Danny Groner: Obama Knows Slow and Steady Wins Race Relations 2009

  • Commonly identified shortcomings include an allegedly overweening U.S. military response; an underemphasis on the "soft power" approach--winning hearts and minds; and a failure to appreciate that a resort to the military-based "hard power" approach to counter-terrorism, while sometimes necessary, makes exercising soft power more difficult.

    U.S. Report Shows Terrorism On The Rise Oxford Analytica 2006

  • It is an underemphasis part of my education and I embarrass myself constantly with that. globaltrivia Arabic is the language of Egypt. #geography

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Pat Eaton-robb 2010

  • • Fix the health-care system, which is bleeding our country dry with its emphasis on profit and, again, a corporate culture that leads to the enrichment of those on top, overemphasis on bureaucracy and underemphasis on health.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • • Fix the health-care system, which is bleeding our country dry with its emphasis on profit and, again, a corporate culture that leads to the enrichment of those on top, overemphasis on bureaucracy and underemphasis on health.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • The schools suffer from "an overemphasis on the rigor and an underemphasis on relevance," he said.

    DealBook 2009

  • • Fix the health-care system, which is bleeding our country dry with its emphasis on profit and, again, a corporate culture that leads to the enrichment of those on top, overemphasis on bureaucracy and underemphasis on health.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • A second reason, which I've seen trip up more than a few former newspaper photographers, is an underemphasis on advance preparation for shoots.

    Black Star Rising 2009

  • • Fix the health-care system, which is bleeding our country dry with its emphasis on profit and, again, a corporate culture that leads to the enrichment of those on top, overemphasis on bureaucracy and underemphasis on health.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

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