understating

Variant of understate

understate definition

under·state (un′dər stāt′)

transitive verb understated -·stat′ed, understating -·stat′·ing

  1. to make a weaker statement of than is warranted by truth, accuracy, or importance; state too weakly
  2. to state, express, etc. in a style that is restrained and often makes use of irony or litotes

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