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- noun A person who
understates
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Examples
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IMO Wilders is not an extremist he is an understater.
Mr. Wilders Goes to Washington - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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IMO Wilders is not an extremist he is an understater.
Mr. Wilders Goes to Washington - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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But for listeners like me, who saw him play countless gigs all along the east coast, his abilities remained shrouded in the mystery of a chronic understater who inevitably turned his amp too low to be scrutinized.
Chicago Reader 2010
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i didnt say it as well as i should have quite the understater he is when obama sees how stupid it looks in print or any other way, he can face reality, sadly, most here, not so much
Hillary Hits Obama's Small Town Comments Again: "Elitist And Out Of Touch" 2009
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