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understate

 verbbriathar 1 play down, minimise transitiveaistreach he understated the seriousness of the problem thug sé le fios nach bhfuil an fhadhb chomh holc agus atá to say that they're in trouble is understating the situation ní hé iomlán an scéil é a rá go bhfuil siad i dtrioblóid it understates the dangers involved déanann sé beag is fiú de na contúirtí a bhaineann leis the facts of the case were deliberately understated rinneadh fíricí an cháis a mhaolú d'aon turas 2 give figures that are too low transitiveaistreachganniontráil he understated his income mhaígh sé go raibh níos lú ioncaim aige ná mar atá the number of deaths was understated níor tuairiscíodh líon iomlán na marbh
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