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understate

verb as in underestimate

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By margins ranging from 0.9 points to 2.7 points, polls overall understated Trump’s support in the seven swing states, for example.

From Salon

She is understated, does not particularly enjoy doing media, usually says things how they are and does not interact regularly on social media.

From BBC

The result is his smallest, most understated album to date.

From BBC

What I like about him is that he is so understated.

From BBC

Those reports increasingly raised alarm bells not just among Democratic detractors of Gaetz and the president-elect, but among Senate Republicans — who met his withdrawal with what appeared to be an intentionally understated shrug.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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