understatement
un‧der‧state‧ment /ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt $ -dər-/
noun
To say the movie was bad is an understatement.
‘It wasn’t very easy to find the house.’ ‘That’s got to be the understatement of the year!’
2. [uncountable] the practice of making something seem to have less of a particular quality than it really has
with understatement
‘We have not done quite well enough,’ Macmillan said, with characteristic understatement.
un‧der‧state‧ment /ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt $ -dər-/
noun Word Family: verb: state, understate ≠ overstate; noun: statement, understatement ≠ overstatement; adjective: understated ≠ OVERSTATED
1. [countable] a statement that is not strong enough to express how good, bad, impressive etc something really is: 2. [uncountable] the practice of making something seem to have less of a particular quality than it really has
with understatement