understatement
Example Sentences
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If anything, after a few days spent dipping my T. rex hands into the cool primordial sludge of the dinosaur fandom, Panella’s sentiment feels like an understatement.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
To describe Italy's qualifying campaign as anything other than eventful would be quite the understatement.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Segal recalled that she could not tell whether the prince was vastly uninformed or simply demonstrating British understatement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
To call CF an under-the-radar company may be an understatement.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
Actually, “serious trouble” may have been an understatement.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing understatement
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Rhetoric
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