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Understatement

//ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect. rhetoric, uncountable, usually

    "A master of understatement"

  2. 2
    a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement. countable, usually

    "Now that's an understatement."

  4. 4
    An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From under- + statement or understate + -ment.

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