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understate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | downplay, minimise, minimize |
| Type of | inform |
| Has types | trivialise, trivialize |
| Derivation | understatement |
Examples of understate
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To wildly understate the obvious, weird trends are not exactly unusual in Japan.
From the ecocentric.blogs.time.com
Meanwhile, some aspects of the old poverty definition understate the adversity.
From the dailyherald.com
On average people in the media and arts tended to understate their income by 25%.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
It is also one he is content to understate, though others were more impressed.
From the nytimes.com
However, trade figures understate the degree of international interdependence.
From the economist.com
Verrender also seems to understate the importance of rare but consequential events.
From the smh.com.au
One analyst claims Household's policies understate losses and delinquencies.
From the businessweek.com
The shocking dropout statistics nevertheless understate the ill-educated population.
From the washingtontimes.com
Note too that even this figure may understate the true scale of the problem.
From the independent.co.uk
- Represent as less significant or important
- (Understating) Minimisation is a type of deceptionGuerrero, L., Anderson, P., Afifi, W. (2007). Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. involving denial coupled with rationalisation in situations where complete denial is implausible. ...
- To state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay; to state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony; to state a quantity that is too low
