Verb

(belittl)

To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

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, author=Mark Steyn , title=America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It , chapter=9 , isbn=0895260786 , page=201 , passage=Under the rules as understood by the New York Times'', the West is free to mock and belittle''' its Judeo-Christian inheritance, and, likewise, the Muslim world is free to mock and ' belittle the West's Judeo-Christian inheritance.}}

Verb

(understat)

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.