understatement

Example Sentences

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Alphabet’s stock has rallied over the past several months, and calling it technically overbought is an understatement.

From MarketWatch

“It would be a gross understatement and a blatant denial to refer to serious and sustained attacks against religious communities in Nigeria of this magnitude as anything but acts of religious persecution,” U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

To say he has had a false start at Anfield is a masterpiece of understatement.

From BBC

To say it was a disappointment is a massive understatement.

From Salon

In his autobiography, Davis wrote that Jamal "knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, his understatement, and the way he phrased notes and chords and passages".

From BBC