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Definitions of understate
  1. verb
    represent as less significant or important
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Definition that contains understate
  • background understate the importance or quality of
  • downplay understate the importance or quality of
  • meiosis understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
  • play down understate the importance or quality of
  • litotes understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
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