| Pronunciation: | | `undu'steytmunt
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| | Definition: | |
[n] a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said |
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UNDERSTATEMENT is a 14 letter word that starts with U. |
| | Antonyms: | | exaggeration, magnification, overstatement |
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| | See Also: | | litotes, meiosis, statement |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un"der*state`ment\, n.
The act of understating, or the condition of being
understated; that which is understated; a statement below the
truth.
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