Usage of "understate"

português

Represent as less significant or important.

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Examples for "minimize"

An attorney can help you avoid this situation or minimize your risk. 
 Reuters 

Effective interventions are needed to minimize the public health implications of obesity. 
 Pubmed 

But simply trying to minimize the usage wasn't exactly solving the issue. 
 Wired 

These findings identify targets for social policy initiatives to minimize health disparities. 
 Pubmed 

Conclusions: The proposed thresholds minimize changes and keep coherence across anthropometric indicators. 
 Pubmed 

It said it planned to build typhoon-resilient structure to minimise future damage. 
 Radio NZ 

Then we consider what measures must be taken to minimise the risk. 
 The Irish Times 

It said the deal was devised to help minimise pilot job losses. 
 The Irish Times 

Understanding these can help you to avoid or least minimise the risk. 
 The South African 

Both have used Irish and US revenue law to minimise their liability. 
 The Irish Times 

They want to downplay the situation so there's not too many deaths. 
 The Guardian 

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has already sought to downplay the issue. 
 Reuters 

It definitely means plenty to England, albeit they try to downplay it. 
 The Guardian 

We can't downplay that the NZ Music Industry is quite a behemoth. 
 Radio NZ 

You may be tempted to downplay the significance of a new development. 
 The South African 

Uso de understate em inglês

To say that this is strange timing is to understate the case. 
 The Irish Times 

However, 10 percent loss per year may understate losses in some places. 
 Organic Gardener's Composting 

The White House says it is a way to understate taxable income. 
 Reuters 

Other charities argue these government figures severely understate the true extent of homelessness. 
 The Guardian 

I can't understate how important all of this is: aesthetics are really important. 
 Independent.ie 

Many parties understate their expenses and monitoring has been difficult in the past. 
 Reuters 

Official figures understate the speed at which the economy is slowing. 
 The Guardian 

Let's not understate the import of what Ireland has just achieved. 
 The Irish Times 

To call it a yellow streak was to understate the facts. 
 Three Men and a Maid 

But Sechin's official positions in Russia's hierarchy understate his real influence. 
 The Guardian 

It is difficult to understate how angry many ex-Labour voters are. 
 The Guardian 

For fear of being thought to swagger, an Englishman will understate his case. 
 Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front 

You understate the strength of my enemy, putting Forrest's force at four thousand. 
 Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Volume 1 

I was, to understate the obvious, no longer that young. 
 Underground 

For technology lovers, as well as business leaders, Jobs' influence is hard to understate. 
 Reuters 

The reliance on filed complaints appeared to understate the problem. 
 The Guardian 

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Understate ao longo do tempo

Significados de understate em inglês