Scott-Heron's style wasn't wholly original: others had experimented with spoken narratives over jazz backing; and Nina Simone had already perfected a mood of understated, measured anger.
There was an understated and measured approach to the way he ran a courtroom.
He is as understated and measured as McMaster is brash and impulsive.
Using a quarterly survey understates the measured monthly transitions rates by 30to50percentcent.
Last year, Andrew Nelson, a doctoral candidate in human toxicology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, helped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) write an analysis that concluded that agency-recommended testing methods may understate some measures of radioactivity.
The New Economics Foundation NEFF) said the true impact of inflation on the poorest 50% of people in Britain had been understated by official measures.
Compared with Kalanick, who was viewed as a brash risk-taker, Immelt is equipped with more of a measured, understated leadership style, said Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.
He has the classically measured, understated manner of a traditional academic, and thinks for so long before answering some questions that I wonder if his mind has wandered off, until he delivers a very precise and cautiously qualified reply.
Calls for the building of a wall, promises to deport millions and threats to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement have been met with measured, understated responses.
It is simply because it seems inappropriate to have these wonderful songs – rich with a measured, understated importance – performed in a major venue where things must always be very deliberately important.
Her modern, understated made-to-measure blouses and dresses come in exquisite fabrics — rolls are upended casually about the shop — including hand-drawn silk by the Norwegian artist Mette Stausland.
