understates
- present tense form of understate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Some scientists say the guidance understates the possibility of airborne spread in indoor settings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
“This understates the costliness to U.S. households though, because tariffs also allow non-importing firms to raise their prices if they’re competing with imports,” Bivens said.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Economists say the CPI probably understates the true rate of inflation owing to the government shutdown last fall.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
He says dismissing concerns as a GTA-style moral panic "understates what is changing".
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
Illinois boosters say our beautiful rich black soil averages ten feet in depth, but I think this understates the case—at least our beautiful black dirt roads seem to be deeper than that in the spring.
From Homeburg Memories by Fitch, George
