"underexaggerate" meaning in All languages combined

See underexaggerate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: underexaggerates [present, singular, third-person], underexaggerating [participle, present], underexaggerated [participle, past], underexaggerated [past]
Etymology: under- + exaggerate, rather illogically, since this might be expected to mean to exaggerate but insufficiently. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|exaggerate}} under- + exaggerate Head templates: {{en-verb}} underexaggerate (third-person singular simple present underexaggerates, present participle underexaggerating, simple past and past participle underexaggerated)
  1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To understate. Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-underexaggerate-en-verb-OKHBAgPJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

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