🔤 Understate ✨

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URDU

کم بیان کرنا، اصل سے کم دکھانا، حقیقت کو ہلکا بتانا، کم اہمیت دینا

🅰️ Roman Urdu:

kam bayan karna, asal se kam dikhana, haqeeqat ko halka batana, kam ahmiyat dena

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ENGLISH

📚verb

understate

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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˌʌndərˈsteɪt/

Phonetic: /un der stayt/

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DEFINITION

to describe as less important or serious than reality, to minimize

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The report understated the environmental damage caused by the factory. She tends to understate achievements despite receiving international recognition. Officials initially understated the number of families needing emergency assistance. His calm statement understated the danger facing the expedition. The advertisement deliberately understated the product’s considerable production costs.

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