Patrick Rothfuss

I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.

American Writer

Katie McGrath

It's not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to 'Merlin.' It was pretty much my first job, and I didn't know what I was doing for many years on it. It wasn't until the third and fourth series - the fourth series especially - that I really found my feet with the character, and as an actress.

Irish Actress

Jim Ross

The black man's journey within the genre of grappling wasn't unlike the challenges their brethren faced in professional sports, entertainment and, most importantly, everyday life. To say it was challenging would be a massive understatement.

American Entertainer

Meghan McCain

My favorite thing about my grandmother is her lust for life and how much she has shown me about living every day to the fullest. To say my grandmother has paved the way for me and so many women out there like me is an understatement.

American Journalist

Tom Holland

Fan' is an understatement. I had the Spider-Man costume, I had bed sheets, toys, you name it. I've always had an argument with my best friend that Spider-Man was way better than Batman. I was a massive fan growing up.

English Actor

Jim Rohn

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

American Businessman

Jamal Crawford

I have a T-shirt that says, 'Ball is life.' My wife says 'That's an understatement for you.

American Athlete

Nick Viall

The importance of a tan and a haircut cannot be understated.

American Actor

Gary Herbert

The value of a loving family cannot be understated.

American Politician

Eva Chen

To say I like social media is an understatement.

Taiwanese Businesswoman

Using 'understate' can soften the blow of bad news or criticism by making it seem less severe.

Understatement Impact

'Understate' is often used in contexts where subtly downplaying facts is strategically important.

Subtle Understating

Understating can be positive, making compliments or achievements more humble and graceful.

Not Always Negative

 that people have the ultimate influence over elected officials, because, after all, there is a general election, but only after the Lesters have had their way with the candidates who wish to run in the general election. And number two, obviously, this dependence upon the Lesters is going to produce a subtle, understated,

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 But I tell you, if we lost our hearing, if anyone here suddenly lost your hearing, you would want perfect hearing back. You wouldn't want decent hearing, you would want perfect hearing. Restoration of basic sensory function is critical. And I don't mean to understate how important it is to restore basic function.

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 that they'll retain that and they may not chew their face off, kinda thing. It could be very dangerous with these animals. I don't want to understate that. But, you know, she raises them, they follow her around the kitchen, she has him around her dog. And it's-- at this point where this whole process starts.

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 All I had to do was ask, and if I truly believed that asking for help was a gift, then I should have been doing it more, right? Well, we don't always practice what we preach, but about two years ago, I was slapped with a big, fat reminder. To say that I was burned-out at the time was an understatement,

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 I have a tendency, in part, because of what I do to look for the light in the world, I'm a photographer, I make films, I'm constantly looking for the bright side of things, I'd say I'm more optimistic. And Kevin, he sometimes thinks a little differently. - Yeah, that would be an understatement.

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 Worldwide incomes have grown at a faster rate in the past decade than ever in history. If anything, all these numbers actually understate our progress, because the new machine age is more about knowledge creation than just physical production. It's mind not matter, brain not brawn,

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 because I'm his wife and his film-making partner but it's just... I wanted-- It was important for me to include the next clip that we're going to show because it was just an interesting and it wasn't included originally and I it spoke to the understatement of the culture, and

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 even better worldwide incomes have grown at a faster rate in the past decade than ever in history if anything all these numbers actually understate our progress because the new machine age is more about knowledge creation than just

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 when you're on the sled and you're going and it's just quiet and you can just hear the dogs running and like the little clutter of the buckles and the clicks I think that's the most peaceful thing for me my understatement I'm 14

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 the entrenched world of mammography with a machine that was held together by duct tape. To say that we faced high doses of skepticism in those early years is just a huge understatement,

Understate

To express something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, or bad than it really is.

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