understate
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They embodied the dictum of Stephen Fleming when he was captain of New Zealand: "Understate, overachieve."
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2014
Understate the lack and your fitness to fill it.
From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.
Understate, un-dėr-stāt′, v.t. to state or represent under or below the truth.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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