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understatement Synonyms

understatement

n.

modest statement, restrained statement, belittlement, litotes, restraint, underestimate, underestimation, oversimplification, less than the truth, distortion, avoidance of overemphasis or exaggeration.

understatement Quotes

Commentators quote economic studies alleging that market downturns predicted four out of the last five recessions. That is an understatement.Wall Street indexes predicted nine out of the last five recessions!

—Samuelson, Paul Anthony