undersell
Example Sentences
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“I can’t undersell what a major win that is to protect the records of all these patients.”
From Los Angeles Times
But even that eye-popping number undersells just how efficient he was, as he prepares to face the San Francisco 49ers for a spot in the NFC Championship game.
Mr. Vartanian also understates the importance of blockchain technology when he acknowledges that “cryptocurrencies and blockchain products have brought efficiencies and advances to payment systems”—faint praise that undersells what is happening in global finance.
In fact, he might have been underselling things.
But believing that Citigroup is ripe for another relapse undersells how much has changed at the bank—and around it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.