🔤 Understatement ✨

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URDU

کم بیان، حقیقت سے کم اظہار، کم اہمیت دکھانا، ہلکا بیان
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
kam bayan, haqeeqat se kam izhar, kam ahmiyat dikhana, halka bayan
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ENGLISH

📚noun
understatement
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈʌndərˌsteɪtmənt/
Phonetic: /un der stayt munt/
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DEFINITION

a restrained statement, deliberate minimization, an expression weaker than reality
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Calling the devastating earthquake inconvenient was a remarkable understatement. His description of the victory as pleasant was obvious understatement. The novelist used understatement to convey grief more powerfully. Saying she was slightly nervous was an understatement before the examination. The review’s polite criticism was an understatement of the book’s failures.
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SYNONYMS

minimization moderation restraint trivialization
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