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Synonyms for minimise
min·imise
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Princeton's WordNet
understate, minimize, minimise, downplayverb
represent as less significant or important
Synonyms:
belittle, denigrate, play down, understate, downplay, minimize, derogate, backgroundminimize, minimiseverb
make small or insignificant
"Let's minimize the risk"
Synonyms:
downplay, minimize, derogate, belittle, understate, denigrate
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List of paraphrases for "minimise":
minimize, minimizing, reduce, minimising, minimizes, downplay, trivialise
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1583 | background | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#7843 | minimize | |
#18012 | minimizing | |
#20312 | minimise | |
#26493 | minimizes | |
#42007 | minimising | |
#69070 | downplay | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#96978 | understate | |
#144647 | derogate |
How to use minimise in a sentence?
I don't want to minimise the significance of what happened.
But we still must minimise carbon emissions while pursuing agricultural development.
When you do that kind of analysis, you should realise you can't have a short-sighted view, maximising competition in order to minimise prices. There are other factors to take into account, quality, willingness to invest.
It will have operational consequences, we will do our best to minimise the risk of load shedding, striking a balance with Eskom's already depleted balance sheet.
It’s unrealistic to say that we can’t convert more land, given that the world’s population is growing, especially in developing countries, but we still must minimise carbon emissions while pursuing agricultural development.
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