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.
have understated
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present perfectof understate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Cambage might have understated things when she called it a journey.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
For decades, well-documented changes in quality, new products and substitution biases have understated growth and overstated inflation.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2019
They say China’s government statisticians appear to have understated the extent of the earlier slowdown.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2018
Previous reporting on Devine’s share of the campaign’s ad buys have understated his take.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2016
But the evidence will convince him that I have understated the case against General Dyer.
From Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation by Mahatma Gandhi
