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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a radical understatement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a statement that significantly downplays the reality of a situation, often in a sarcastic or ironic manner.
Example: "Saying that the storm caused a bit of damage was a radical understatement; it completely destroyed several homes."
Alternatives: "a gross understatement" or "a severe understatement".
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To say Mr. Jobs was emotional about Google's efforts to compete with iPhone in the mobile phone market would be a radical understatement, according to the book.
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The comment remains staggering after nearly two hundred years, not merely because of the radical understatement — it would be like Shakespeare saying, " 'The Tempest' is not as trite as my earlier plays" — but because of the implicit challenge to contemporary musical life.
In a country so devoted to understatement, Mr. Trudeau's ascendancy marked a radical departure.
A bit of an understatement.
Bittersweet is a vast understatement.
This is a remarkable understatement.
It was a wild understatement.
A MASSIVE understatement.
A total understatement.
That's a bland understatement.
COMPASS also contains an understatement index and a psychosomatic index.
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