understated

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Restrained and unpretentious
Simple past tense and past participle of understate
exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated
If you describe a style, colour, or effect as understated, you mean that it is not obvious. I have always liked understated clothes -- simple shapes which take a lot of hard work to get right. his typically understated humour. = subtle. an understated style is one that is attractive because it is simple and does not have too many decorations = subtle
exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated"
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
understated

    Hyphenation

    un·der·sta·ted

    Turkish pronunciation

    ʌndırsteytîd

    Pronunciation

    /ˈəndərˌstātəd/ /ˈʌndɜrˌsteɪtɪd/
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