UNDERSTATE

understate, minimize, minimise, downplay

(verb) represent as less significant or important

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

understate (third-person singular simple present understates, present participle understating, simple past and past participle understated)

(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

(transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.

To state a quantity that is too low.

Synonyms

• (state with lack of emphasis): trivialize

Antonyms

• overstate, exaggerate

Anagrams

• undertaste

Source: Wiktionary

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Un`der*state", v. t.

Definition: To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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