understatern.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈsteɪtə/,

/ˈʌndəˌsteɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌsteɪdər/

Etymology: < understate v. + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunderstater.

One who understates or avoids overstatement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > one who underestimates or understates

understater1957

lowballer1975

1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 114/3 Mr. Sinatra..is probably not a natural-born understater.

1977 P. Ustinov Dear Me vii. 96 Britain had already supplied Hollywood with a whole battalion of elegant understaters, immaculate actors of the Du Maurier school, who..were able to play anything..without their assumed characters..being allowed to affect their performances.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	understater
释义	understatern. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈsteɪtə/, /ˈʌndəˌsteɪtə/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌsteɪdər/ Etymology: < understate v. + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunderstater. One who understates or avoids overstatement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > one who underestimates or understates understater1957 lowballer1975 1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 114/3 Mr. Sinatra..is probably not a natural-born understater. 1977 P. Ustinov Dear Me vii. 96 Britain had already supplied Hollywood with a whole battalion of elegant understaters, immaculate actors of the Du Maurier school, who..were able to play anything..without their assumed characters..being allowed to affect their performances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957
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