deemphasize
fəˌsaɪz verb (used with object), de-em·pha·sized, de-em·pha·siz·ing.
to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
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de-emphasize or de-emphasise (diːˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to remove emphasis from | |
| de-emphasise or de-emphasise | |
| —vb | |
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Deemphasize
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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