UNDERSTATE


Meaning of UNDERSTATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)steɪt ]

( understates, understating, understated)

If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is.

The government chooses deliberately to understate the increase in prices...

≠ overstate, exaggerate

VERB : V n

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