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Collocations for understatement - noun

ADJECTIVE

gross, massive, vast
‘A little strange’ is a gross understatement.
typical
with typical British understatement

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PHRASES

a bit of an understatement, something of an understatement
the understatement of the century, the understatement of the year (both informal)
To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year.

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