Understating

Synonyms for "understating" (18 found)

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Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
minimizingmisestimationmuted tonerestrained styletrivializing

Related words (9)

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More general

8 entries
conveydescribelinguistic featuremeasurement errorpresentreportrhetorical devicestate

More specific

12 entries
cost understatementdownplaygentle understatementhumble understatementminimizerisk understatementundercountunderemphasizeunderestimateunderreportunderstated styleunderstated tone

Collocations

11 entries
cultural understatementdownplaylevel of understatementlinguistic understatementminimizepolitical understatementundercountunderemphasizeunderreportunderstatementunderstatement bias

Inflections

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Derivations

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