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Understate

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
"To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass."
2.VerbTo state (something) with an intentional lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
"She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully."
3.VerbTo state a quantity that is too low.
"The company had been understating its liabilities for years."
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