English-French translation for "to understate"
"to understate" French translation
to understate {verb}
to understate [understated|understated] {vb} (also: to slight, to undervalue)
To term it merely an economic crisis is to understate the case.
Especially since it is in States ' interest to 'cheat ' and understate their basic taxable amount for VAT or the GNP levy.
This method leads UNDCP to understate its liabilities for an unknown amount at the end of the biennium.
The nature of mis-reporting is to understate gross output but overstate intermediate expenditure.
There are several reasons to believe that the potential benefits of this regulation are understated.
Unintentionally, people can exaggerate — or indeed understate — the extent of problems.
We do not wish to understate the importance of the other issues highlighted in the report.
We neither overstate nor understate our sorrow.
Depicting these gatherings as “non-meetings” of the Council greatly understates their importance.
This right that was so important in 1949 and endorsed in 1987 is not something that is frivolous or something that is capricious or something that is to be understated.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "understate":
© Princeton Universityminimize · minimise · downplay
Usage examples
Usage examples for "to understate" in French
Similar words
undershirt · underside · undersigned · undersized · underskirt · underslung · understaffed · understandable · understandably · understanding · understate · understated · understatement · understood · understudy · undertaken · undertaker · undertaker's · undertaking · undertakings · undertone
Have a look at the Dutch-English dictionary by bab.la.