Underexaggerate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To understate. ambitransitive, rare

    "Academics tend to be very sceptical of oil forecasts made by the major oil companies as they underexaggerate the probable amounts of oil in the world."

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"Academics tend to be very sceptical of oil forecasts made by the major oil companies as they underexaggerate the probable amounts of oil in the world."

Etymology

From under- + exaggerate, rather illogically, since this might be expected to mean to exaggerate but insufficiently.

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