"understated" meaning in English

See understated in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-understated.wav Forms: more understated [comparative], most understated [superlative]
Etymology: From under- + stated. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|stated}} under- + stated Head templates: {{en-adj}} understated (comparative more understated, superlative most understated)
  1. Restrained and unpretentious. Translations (restrained and unpretentious): զուսպ (zusp) (Armenian), անհավակնոտ (anhavaknot) (Armenian), 低調的 (Chinese Mandarin), 低调的 (dīdiào de) (Chinese Mandarin), 樸素的 (Chinese Mandarin), 朴素的 (pǔsù de) (Chinese Mandarin), 簡樸的 (Chinese Mandarin), 简朴的 (jiǎnpǔ de) (Chinese Mandarin), nedtonet (Danish), niet overdreven (Dutch), réfréné (French), sans prétention (French), unaufdringlich (German), unauffällig (German), subtil (German), visszafogott (Hungarian), skromny (Polish), bezpretensjonalny (Polish), скромный (skromnyj) (Russian), аскетичный (asketičnyj) (Russian)
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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-understated.wav
Etymology: From under- + stated. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|stated}} under- + stated Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} understated
  1. simple past and past participle of understate Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: understate
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          "word": "զուսպ"
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          "roman": "anhavaknot",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "roman": "dīdiào de",
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          "word": "樸素的"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "pǔsù de",
          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
          "word": "朴素的"
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          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
          "word": "簡樸的"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
          "word": "réfréné"
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          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "skromny"
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          "sense": "restrained and unpretentious",
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