understate
verb (used with object)
to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms.
are understating
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present progressiveof understate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Directionally, I would say that most of the long-term copper price assumptions that are being used right now are understating what's going to happen," Regent said, declining to reveal his company's copper price forecast.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2011
Environmentalists claim that authorities are understating some of Lusi's ill effects.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 24, 2011
So far you have admitted to the 008s but I think you are understating your knowledge and your experience when it comes to these sort of offences.'
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
