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| un·der·state [ ùndər stáyt ] (past and past participle un·der·stat·ed, present participle un·der·stat·ing, 3rd person present singular un·der·states) |
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1. express with restraint: to express something in a deliberately less dramatic, emphatic, or emotional way than it seems to warrant, often to increase its actual impact or for the sake of irony
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2. state something as below its true amount: to describe something as being smaller in quantity or number than it really is
 understate the cost
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