understate

IPA: ˈʌndɝsteɪt

(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
(transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
To state a quantity that is too low.

Examples of "understate" in Sentences

But as it is it's too understated.
Laced with melody, but understated.
But then, let us not understate culture.
An understated eloquence is at work here.
The importance of this cannot be understated.
I think the article understated the speed reduction.
It seems to understate and downplay the vaccine's effectiveness.
Eliot did not understate the urgency of the task of educational reform.
Nowhere Boy is a thoughtful, if understated, account of John Lennon's teenage years, with very few historical nits available for the picking.