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understateunderstate /ˌʌndɚˈsteɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEunderstate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | understate | | he, she, it | understates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | understated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have understated | | he, she, it | has understated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had understated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will understate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have understated |
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| Present | I | am understating | | he, she, it | is understating | | you, we, they | are understating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was understating | | you, we, they | were understating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been understating | | he, she, it | has been understating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been understating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be understating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been understating |
to describe something in a way that makes it seem less important than it really is OPP overstate: The media has understated the seriousness of the problem. |