Understatement

[Un·der*state`ment]

You make an understatement when you say a lot less than you could. If you say "We didn't do our best" when your team loses 56 to 0, that's quite an understatement.

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The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

Noun
a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said


n.
The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.


Understatement

Un"der*state`ment , n. The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

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A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

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