Meaning Of The Word Understatement

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What's The Definition Of Understatement?

understatement
countable noun: If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true.
uncountable noun: Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have.

understatement in British English
noun: the act or an instance of stating something in restrained terms, or as less than it is

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