the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
To say that the travel industry has been hit hard by the pandemic is an understatement.
Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 15, 2020|Fortune
What makes this so shocking is that it’s hard for landlords to break even when they have more than 25 percent vacancy – so to say that we have a lot of troubled office building owners is a huge understatement.
Politics Report: City’s Big Recycled Water Project Wins in Court|Andrew Keatts|July 25, 2020|Voice of San Diego
That may sound like the understatement of the century, and maybe it is.
After the Israel Synagogue Massacre: A New Intifada?|Michael Tomasky|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And considering his massive music-industry thumb print, that “you oughta know” Jack Antonoff is an understatement.
The Rise of Jack Antonoff, the Taylor Swift Whisperer|Kevin Fallon|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To say that the past few years have been a watershed period of improvement for LGBT America is an understatement.
Mississippi Is Hell for These Lesbians|Emily Shire|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To say that actress Lee Grant has seen it all would be an understatement.
The Unsinkable Lee Grant Sets the Record Straight|William O’Connor|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To say that the aftermath has been messy would be an understatement.
What Do Arab Millennials Want?|William O’Connor|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It seems that we have a little problem,” Christianson said, making what would probably be the understatement of the century.
A Prize for Edie|Jesse Franklin Bone
Many times was an understatement, Latham thought wretchedly.
One Purple Hope!|Henry Hasse
He was not going to miss anything in the way of a chance of “getting a rise” out of the Administration, by understatement.
The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912|James H. Blount
It should be added that he appreciated as few Germans do the rhetorical value of understatement.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5|Various
I perceived Wenceslaus, in a moment of understatement, to be more than a little disaffected.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
British Dictionary definitions for understatement
understatement
/ (ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt) /
noun
the act or an instance of stating something in restrained terms, or as less than it is