Definition of understatements Understatements

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What does understatements mean?

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  • understatements (Noun)
    Plural of understatement.

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Noun

Plural: understatements

understatement - a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
  overstatement, exaggeration, magnification the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
  statement a document showing credits and debits
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  • understatement (n.)
    The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

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  • understatement
    ironic or sarcastic disminuation of the real importance of something

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