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Understate - What does it mean?

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understate

English

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.
  • Antonyms

    * overstate

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.