Understate in a sentence

You may also have to pay a penalty if you substantially understate your tax, understate a reportable transaction, file an erroneous claim for refund or credit, or file a frivolous tax submission.

Why certain theories of the current political order are wrong, and in fact understate the magnitude of the problem.

But in two important respects, the Midtown Manhattan Study may well understate the seriousness of the national mental health problem.

Health experts believe all those numbers understate the true toll of the outbreak.

The official statistics paint a partial picture and may understate the death toll.

Aside from affordability, we cannot underestimate (or understate) the uniqueness of Chula Vista’s geographical positioning and cultural demographics.

But these figures substantially understate how far Democrats are behind.

These numbers actually understate the issue because CBP also temporarily transferred an unknown number of officers to deal with “overflow” operations.

E.M. Beck, who studied lynching for 30 years and has written books on the subject, said the memorial might actually understate the scope of lynching even though it lists thousands of victims.

It’s hard to understate how important having a space to practice is to the artists at the brick studio.

It’s important not to understate the significance of successful visits given how aggressively and negatively Trump spoke of China during the campaign.

It’s impossible to understate the influence had on George Lucas’s general sensibilities as a filmmaker.

I’ve put those words in quotes because they completely understate what is really happening in border states.

Stillman also spoke to lawmakers Monday, and he didn’t understate the importance of what he claims happened.

These are all fine and applicable, but they understate the task, and allow the citizens of this country to pretend that there is real distance between their own attitudes and those of the ones appointed to protect them.

But documentation of 15 out of 689 citation autos-da-fé has disappeared, so these numbers may slightly understate the activity.

Cultural bias Some psychiatrists argue that current diagnostic standards rely on an exaggerated interpretation of neurophysiological findings and so understate the scientific importance of social-psychological variables.

Kurdish nationalists are tempted to exaggerate it, and governments of the region to understate it.

On the one hand, their administration was not interested to understate the number of prisoners in its reports, because it would have automatically led to a decrease in the food supply plan for camps, prisons, and corrective labor colonies.

This may understate the Irish contribution to Canada's population, as those responding "Canadian" in census surveys are thought to be largely of British or Irish descent.