understate
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass.
Đồng nghĩa: downplay, trivialize, bagatellize, banalize, belittle, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage, dispraise, downplay, lilliputianize, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, play down, set at nought, superficialize, trivialize, underestimate, underplay, understate, vilipend
- 2.
(transitive)To state (something) with an intentional lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully.
- 3.
To state a quantity that is too low.
The company had been understating its liabilities for years.
Đồng nghĩa: underrate, underrate, misunderestimate, sell short, underapproximate, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underrate, underreckon, understate
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