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understatement ( Noun)
UK /ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪt.mənt/ US /ˌʌn.dɚˈsteɪt.mənt/
Plural
understatements
1-
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.
2-
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