word
Understatement
UH-ndur-stay-tmuhnt
/ˈʌndɜːrˌsteɪtmʌnt/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
understatement
Dictionary meaning
A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.
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