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Verb: understate  `ún-du(r)'steyt
  1. Represent as less significant or important
    "Again the raw growth numbers understate the gain in economic well-being"
    - minimize, minimise [Brit], downplay

Derived forms: understates, understated, understating

See also: understatement

Type of: inform

Antonym: overstate

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