understatement

1. (rhetoric, uncountable, usually)A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.

   A master of understatement

   Untertreibung, Tiefstapelei

   преуменьше́ниеpreumenʹšénije

2. (countable, usually)An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement.

   Now that's an understatement.

3. (uncountable, usually)An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

1. That may be an understatement.

   Це може бути применшенням.

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2. That's an understatement.

   Це ще м'яко сказано.

   ruЭто мягко сказано.

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3. That's something of an understatement.

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4. That would be an understatement.

   ruЭто было бы преуменьшением.

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5. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

   deÜber- ist eine milliardemal schlimmer als Untertreibung.

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