What is 'understatement'? Understatement is used when a speaker wants to a make a situation seem less strong or important than it is. For example, think about this situation: You have taken ten exams in school and passed them all with a score of 100%. Someone asks you: 'How did you do on your test?' You answer: 'I did OK.' This is understatement. We can also call this modesty. It would not be understatement to say: 'I did fantastic! I had the best result! Iâm wonderful!' We would call this a boast. Being polite using 'understatment'. In spoken English we use understatement when we want to be tactful. For example take a look at Bobâ¦ How would you describe him? Itâs not polite to call him 'fat'. Here we can use 'understatement' to be polite. Take a look at these set of expressions. All of these are ways we would use understatement to describe Bob. 1  He's not the thinnest person in the world. 2  He's a little on the big side. 3  I wouldnât say he was thin.
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