understate
verb/ʌndəˈsteɪt/
Etymology
From under- + state.
Definitions
To state (something) with less completeness than needed
To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
- To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass.
To state (something) with an intentional lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
- She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully.
To state a quantity that is too low.
- The company had been understating its liabilities for years.
The neighborhood
- neighborunderstated
- neighborunderstatement
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA