Misunderstatement

Quick meaning: Misunderstatement is a noun meaning An understatement made by mistake or that is so extremely understated as to be misleading.

Meaning

An understatement made by mistake or that is so extremely understated as to be misleading.

Example Sentences

This first presents as a grand misunderstatement, but let's not be too quick to judge.

To say that Shawn was not popular in the locker room would be a gross misunderstatement.

The Fed has considerable resources. In some ways, I think this is a gross misunderstatement because the Fed really, literally, has unlimited resources.

To say that the moratorium imposed by the present administration in Washington has had a disasstrous effect on meeting the housing needs of the elderly would be a gross misunderstatement.

Word Forms

• misunderstatements

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