understatement
Example Sentences
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Millersburg will be a hotbed of drama—and not all of it on the stage, where Richard will direct his mother’s funeral with the understatement of Cecil B. DeMille.
According to the Constitution and the values that fueled the American Revolution, this is an understatement.
From Salon
As one interviewee says, with some degree of understatement, Sun Ra was “wired a little differently.”
To say it was a great success might be an understatement.
From Los Angeles Times
To say the home has seen a lot in the past 15 years is an understatement.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
