understate meaning in Kannada
ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೇಳು
/ʌndəˈsteɪt/
understate in Kannada: ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೇಳು, ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಸತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸದಿರು. In English, understate means to state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
Kannada words for understate
- ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೇಳು, ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಸತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸದಿರು
English meaning of understate
- verb To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
- verb To state (something) with an intentional lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
- verb To state a quantity that is too low.
understate in a sentence
- To call this decision a calculated bet understates the risk; it is a Hail Mary pass.
- She is the queen of understatement: she understated her critique masterfully.
- The company had been understating its liabilities for years.
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Questions about understate in Kannada
- What is the meaning of understate in Kannada?
- Understate in Kannada is ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೇಳು, ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಸತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸದಿರು.
- understate ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
- Understate: ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೇಳು, ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಸತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸದಿರು.
- What does understate mean in English?
- Understate means to state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
Source and license
Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: understate (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: understate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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