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- verb Present participle of
understate .
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Examples
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Lots of folks have pointed out that engines certainly have a vested interest in understating click fraud numbers, but don’t forget that auditing firms like Click Forensics have a similar interest in overstating them.
Google and Click Fraud: Behind the Numbers - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The industry said the House version of the bill would force judges to invalidate a lender's claim in bankruptcy for committing minor and accidental errors, such as understating a finance charge by as little as $36.
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Dan, do you think chaos is kind of understating Armageddon?
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Dan (ph), do you think chaos is kind of understating Armageddon?
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Anyway I will try it and see for myself what it does. r0lZ is kind of understating things there.
Doom9's Forum r0lZ 2010
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After all, the IAEA has issued a statement of clarification that exonerates Iran of any blame for "understating" the volume of enriched uranium and even praises Iran for "good cooperation".
Asia Times Online 2009
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Sure, he’s a dickwad; but he’s still one of the family, and to say they’d miss him is kind of understating it.
Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009
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Sure, he’s a dickwad; but he’s still one of the family, and to say they’d miss him is kind of understating it.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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I am exaggerating to make a point, but on the other hand, I just might be understating the situation.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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National disappointment would probably be understating the net assessment …
Phil Hare (D, IL-17) does not know the first Rule of Holes. | RedState 2010
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