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Understates is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Related words

Understates | Understatement | Understate

Understates meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of understate

Using Understates

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of understate
  • In the example corpus, understates often appears in combinations such as: understates the, grossly understates, it understates.

Context around Understates

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

grossly 2× rate 1× book 1× traumatic 1× title 1× shulkin 1×

Sentence patterns with Understates

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

actions shulkin understates the extent 1× and it understates or ignores 1× but that understates the dollar 1× figure grossly understates the actual 1× heartbreaking grossly understates the loss 1× his book understates the horrible 1× however this understates the potential 1× it understates the depth 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but his book 1× but that understates 1× however this understates 1× it overstates the 1× it understates the 1× on sunday gabbard 1×

Common sentence endings:

and exploded harmlessly 1× and stanton developed 1× be held accountable 1× immense economic divide 1× in fixing it 1× of distributive justice 1×

Words around Understates

Just before it in the word index:

understatements 2 understatement 208 understatedly 2 understated 191 understate 24 understandus 3

Just after it in the word index:

understating 23 understeer 7 understocked 5 understood 3.499 understorey 4 understory 31

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Understates

  • In this selection, "understates" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, grossly, rate and book stand out and add context to how "understates" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include actions shulkin understates the extent and and it understates or ignores. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "understates" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with understates

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

To call this heartbreaking grossly understates the loss. (8 words)

But that understates the dollar’s continued significance. (8 words)

Porter’s title understates his significance in the White House. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

But his book understates the horrible truth that divine help is not just needed for the Supreme Court and Parliament, but Indian governance and democracy, too, with its chaotic existence and lack of distributive justice. (35 words)

While the VA watchdog “found no evidence” that Shulkin was aware of his staffer’s actions, Shulkin understates the extent of Simpson’s deception to justify the free trip and his own actions abroad. (34 words)

It overstates the role of Anthony and Stanton, and it understates or ignores the roles of Stone and other activists who did not fit into the historical narrative that Anthony and Stanton developed. (33 words)

Example sentences (12)

By an even broader measure, California’s 15.4% supplemental poverty rate understates its immense economic divide.

To call this heartbreaking grossly understates the loss.

It understates the depth of U.S. dysfunction this century, its broken political system and the public’s sense of distrust—including of modern medical science—and the difficulty in fixing it.

The unemployment rate has skyrocketed to almost 15%, a level we haven’t seen since the Great Depression, and many economists believe that still understates the number of people out of work.

This figure grossly understates the actual number of Africans enslaved, killed, or displaced as a result of the slave trade.

But that understates the dollar’s continued significance.

But his book understates the horrible truth that divine help is not just needed for the Supreme Court and Parliament, but Indian governance and democracy, too, with its chaotic existence and lack of distributive justice.

On Sunday, Gabbard said “‘traumatic’ understates the experience that the people of Hawaii went through” and added that the person responsible for the alert should be held accountable.

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Porter’s title understates his significance in the White House.

While the VA watchdog “found no evidence” that Shulkin was aware of his staffer’s actions, Shulkin understates the extent of Simpson’s deception to justify the free trip and his own actions abroad.

However, this understates the potential of the V-2, since many rockets were misdirected and exploded harmlessly.

It overstates the role of Anthony and Stanton, and it understates or ignores the roles of Stone and other activists who did not fit into the historical narrative that Anthony and Stanton developed.

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Common combinations with understates

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "understates" in a sentence?
An example: "By an even broader measure, California’s 15.4% supplemental poverty rate understates its immense economic divide." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "understates" from authentic English texts.
What does "understates" mean?
Understates means: third-person singular simple present indicative of understate
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