Represent as less significant or important.
1 To say that this is strange timing is to understate the case.
2 However, 10 percent loss per year may understate losses in some places.
3 The White House says it is a way to understate taxable income.
4 Other charities argue these government figures severely understate the true extent of homelessness.
5 I can't understate how important all of this is: aesthetics are really important.
6 Many parties understate their expenses and monitoring has been difficult in the past.
7 Official figures understate the speed at which the economy is slowing.
8 Let's not understate the import of what Ireland has just achieved.
9 To call it a yellow streak was to understate the facts.
10 But Sechin's official positions in Russia's hierarchy understate his real influence.
11 It is difficult to understate how angry many ex-Labour voters are.
12 For fear of being thought to swagger, an Englishman will understate his case.
13 You understate the strength of my enemy, putting Forrest's force at four thousand.
14 I was, to understate the obvious, no longer that young.
15 For technology lovers, as well as business leaders, Jobs' influence is hard to understate .
16 The reliance on filed complaints appeared to understate the problem.
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