Examples of 'understating' in a sentence

Meaning of "understating"

understate (verb) - to downplay or diminish the importance, magnitude, or seriousness of something, often by making it seem less significant or severe than it actually is
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How to use "understating" in a sentence

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That could be grossly understating his reaction.
Understating the amount of unitemized contributions received.
This can be done by understating sales or overstating purchases.
I thought she would be a little more understating.
Limitations while understating its conceptual framework.
Understating its cash in future periods.
Might have been understating things a bit.
Understating it adds to its power.
We are essentially understating the deflation now.
Understating something is akin to exaggerating its obviousness as a means of humor.
Gerson is actually understating the problem.
He is understating and aware that you need space too.
Same is true for understating expenses.
Human understating occurs when we feel and conceive human as subjects.
He might actually be understating the issue.

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Understating value minimises tax liability here and import taxes elsewhere.
He may have been understating the dangers.
Maybe there is some type of environmental liability that the company is somehow understating.
There is no understating the workload and sacrifice.
So these images are actually significantly understating the point.
Maskingconsists of understating or selectively showing our true opinions.
Nissan has also been indicted as a corporation in connection with the understating of executive remuneration.
There is gross understating and a lack of advanced training.
You can talk with your friend about this in a friendly and understating tone.
Exaggerating or understating anything about a situation.
To say they are dated would be understating it!
You keep understating everything.
Remember when you accused me of understating everything?
Which is understating the matter.
Assume we know nothing, which is understating the matter.
But this is understating the relationship between the two.
We take a cautious and scientific approach in understating the business environment.
There is simply no understating the importance of the iPhone in those results.
GDP growth is exaggerated by understating inflation.
There should be no understating the importance of healthy hooves to the equine.
But I fear these journalists are understating the problem.
It concerns understating that the unit is multiple and that the multiple is one.
I may have been understating things.
Understating inflation leads to an overstatement of GDP.
There is a temptation and a danger in understating how tricky this could be.
Understating inflation makes real GDP growth appear higher.
You are understating it.
To say that it 's a story within a story is severely understating matters.
They allow for a better understating of the whole structure of the company.
Understating such, complex organization allows describing biological phenomena and predicting molecule functions.
It might be understating it.
By understating inflation in the past, the INDEC had overstated growth in real terms.
Patients in pain are notorious for both understating and overstating their degree of pain.
Masking: understating or selectively showing our opinion.
NRV prevents overstating or understating of an assets value.

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