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understatement ( Noun)

UK /ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪt.mənt/ US /ˌʌn.dɚˈsteɪt.mənt/

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B2

a remark which becomes something less significant, powerful, crucial, or vital than it actually is

-> Her understatement didn't bother me since I knew how good my work was

-> It is an understatement to call her untalented while she won lots of awards.

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B2

Letting anything appear less amazing, significant, severe, etc. than it actually is

-> It is an understatement to call his movies funny.

-> The understatement of the car made the company go mad.

Opposite

overstatement

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