Brits tend to understate things.
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Understate
//ʌndəˈsteɪt//
Synonyms for "understate" (72 found)
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16 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- омаловажавам verb (to state a quantity that is too low)
- премълчавам verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
Finnish
3 entries- ilmoittaa todellista pienemmäksi verb (to state a quantity that is too low)
- vähätellä verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- vähätellä verb (to state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony)
German
1 entries- untertreiben verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
Japanese
1 entries- 矮小化する verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
Polish
2 entries- niedomówić verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- niedookreślić verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
Russian
3 entries- занижать verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- недооценивать verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- преуменьша́ть verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
Spanish
4 entries- frivolizar verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- infravalorar verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- minimizar verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
- subestimar verb (to state something with less completeness than needed)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass.
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She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully.
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The company had been understating its liabilities for years.
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