According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
understatement
(noun) a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
Source: WordNet® 3.1
understatement (usually uncountable, plural understatements)
An incomplete statement, particularly
(uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect; meiosis.
An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis.
An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.
• (rhetorical device): meiosis
• (generally): overstatement
• (rhetorical device): See hyperbole
• (rhetorical device, stating something by denying its opposite): litotes
• (instance of its use, extreme brevity): laconism
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*state`ment, n.
Definition: The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 March 2025
(noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.