ALL meanings of understate
un·der·state
U u - verb with object understate to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster. 1
- verb understate To state something with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay. 0
- verb understate To state something with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony. 0
- verb understate To state a quantity that is too low. 0
- verb understate If you understate something, you describe it in a way that suggests that it is less important or serious than it really is. 0
- verb understate to state (something) in restrained terms, often to obtain an ironic effect 0
- verb understate to state that (something, such as a number) is less than it is 0
- verb transitive understate to make a weaker statement of than is warranted by truth, accuracy, or importance; state too weakly 0
- verb transitive understate to state, express, etc. in a style that is restrained and often makes use of irony or litotes 0