And yet it certainly has power and poke, even if it understates them.
Even if that understates the real picture, it suggests a sharp drop in central-bank purchases of American bonds compared with 2004.This survey has argued that Japan, China and the oil states are likely to continue piling up saving surpluses for some time yet.
It is also, perfectly for Mark Ravenhill, all about sexual and gender ambiguity, if understated.
Blair has a long, if understated, record of zagging to others' zigs.
If understated, the animals might become a source of newly formed infectious strains with a pandemic potential.
Harvey's second novel, All Is Song, was, if anything, even more understated.
Even if they are understated with regard to their losses, the German figures reported after the battle reflect the mismatch.
The great majority of the 24 existing pastoral areas are already encroached by croplands like in Samorogouan, even if this is understated by state agents.
You might even miss its understated elegance if you didn't start to explore it more closely.
Never flashy, even somewhat understated, he was, at his best, insightful and illuminating.
That is an arresting thesis, even if it somewhat understates the extent to which previous promoters of American nationalism from Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan himself also played on fears that the United States was falling behind or otherwise diminished.
