understate
verb (used with object), un·der·stat·ed, un·der·stat·ing.
Origin of understate
Examples from the Web for understate
Contemporary Examples of understate
I don't want to understate either, however; these are the major chronic diseases we should be expecting Medicaid to help.
Study: Giving People Government Health Insurance May Not Make them Any HealthierMegan McArdle
May 1, 2013
To say she was disturbed by the results would be to understate her reaction.
Yet such tempered remarks may understate the significance of the challenge awaiting Krueger.
I do not understate the complexity and sensitivity of achieving such a global agreement.
Historical Examples of understate
To say that Ailie was delighted, would be to understate the fact very much.
The Red EricR.M. Ballantyne
To say that they were dishes for a king is to understate the fact.
Allied CookeryGrace Glergue Harrison and Gertrude Clergue
The effect of this will be to understate my argument rather than the contrary.
A Revision of the TreatyJohn Maynard Keynes
I have been careful rather to understate than exaggerate the case.
'I Believe' and other essaysCyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
To say it blew with the force of ten thousand devils is to understate the case.
Diary of a U-Boat CommanderAnonymous