understates

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understate
to state a quantity that is too low
understate
to fail to put strongly enough, as a case
understate
To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully
understate
{f} represent less strongly than what the facts would justify, express too weakly, state restrainedly
understate
represent as less significant or important
understate
to state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony
understate
to state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay
understate
If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices overstate, exaggerate. to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important or serious than it really is   overstate
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