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What are understatements?

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What's a understatement?
Understatement means deliberate playing down a situation in order to make a point.
What is an understatement?
Understatement is deliberately using a less effective description to make a point, such as the following examples: Tiger Woods is a pretty good golfer. Einstein was a fairly smart guy. Hitler...
What is an example of understatement?
The Eiffel tee is three feet tall.
What are examples of an understatement?
Einstein wasn't an idiot. Bill Gates has saved for retirement. George Bush is a moron But this last sentence is not actually an understatement. An understatement would be: George Bush is no great...
Example of an understatement?
Bill Gates is financially secure. Or maybe, Marilyn Monroe was cute.

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