EMPHASIS Antonyms

• lack of attention and due care

• willful lack of care and attention

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• give little or no attention to

• represent as less significant or important

• understate the importance or quality of

• refuse to acknowledge

• bar from attention or consideration

• fail to notice

• give little or no attention to

• be ignorant of or in the dark about

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

• (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

• lacking substance or significance

• being of delicate or slender build

• pay no attention to, disrespect

• play down or obscure

• make trivial or insignificant

• understate the importance or quality of