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UK
/ˌʌndəstˈeɪtmənt/
]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌsteɪtmənt/ ]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌsteɪtmənt/ ]
NOUN
- a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
How To Use understatement In A Sentence
- It also explores doublespeak in terms of rhetorical devices, namely, personification, dehumanization, metaphor, understatement and inflation.
- To say she was superstitious was an understatement - she would book every single Friday 13 th off work, and any day that looked inauspicious on her horoscope.
- To say that her resignation was a shock would be an understatement - it caused panic.
- The sequence is thus all the more powerful for its brevity and understatement.
- His admission that he was ‘disappointed’ was a diplomatic understatement.
- It would be an understatement to say that there was no swank.
- It has,' the Scotland manager says with understatement,'caused a bit of a stooshie.' Times, Sunday Times
- To say the movie was bad is an understatement .
- To say she over-emoted is defamatory understatement. Actress, Seductress
- Saying that shards of broken glass are razor sharp is an understatement.
