verb
- present participle of understate; describing something as smaller, less important, or less significant than it actually is
Examples
- She was understating her achievements when she called them minor accomplishments.
- The report was understating the severity of the environmental damage.
- By understating the costs, the contractor won the bid but later faced budget problems.
- He has a habit of understating his role in the project’s success.
- The news article was understating the impact of the new policy changes.
- They were understating the difficulty of climbing that mountain.