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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Undergraduate Tuition. University of South Dakota tuition is $4,164 per year for in-state residents. This is 35% cheaper than the national average public four year tuition of $6,429. The cost is $6,960 and 63% cheaper than the average South Dakota tuition of $11,124 for 4 year colleges.Tuition ranks 7th in South Dakota amongst 4 year colleges for affordability and is the 12th most expensive 4 year college in the state.7% of University of South Dakota students received grant aid in 2013/2014. The average total aid amount was $4,270. 29 percent of students received aid in the form of Pell Grants from the U.S. Federal Government. The average Pell Grant awarded for 2013/2014 was $3,897.