- past participle of understate.
- past tense form of understate.
understated
Example Sentences
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With his friendly smile and understated suit, the 51-year-old businessman is spearheading a series of industrial and logistics infrastructure projects, with the aim of developing sectors for the processing of raw materials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The petition committee said the values on the tracker are often slightly understated due to the time it takes to collect signature sheets, process them, and update the website.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
At a time when drama has come to depend on celebrity leads and commercial hype, this bounty of understated excellence is heartening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
But those filmmakers are not without legitimate motives: Bradford wasn’t strictly a romance novelist, but she didn’t sell 90 million-plus books by being understated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Help me to understated: What is the virtue in denying one’s own desires to satisfy another’s will?”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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