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View definitions for understated

understated

adjective as in classical

adjective as in low-key

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Garfield the cat occupies an understated and often overlooked position critical to the history of televised animation.

The profile was familiar—jutting chin, close cropped hair, shirt open, understated quiff—but not exact.

The first time I met George and his husband, Brad, was at their understated, but elegant, ranch-style Los Angeles home.

The interiors of the cottages resemble the sort of understated living room you might find in a gracious Indian home.

To say amenities at Bowens Island are minimal is an understated joke.

The losses on either side are difficult to estimate; they seem as usual to have been understated by the Parliamentarian writers.

I have understated it; it is not ten, but a hundred, that I should have said.

From all available collateral sources it appears that the official figures greatly understated the actual number of arrivals.

In order that we may understated this, it becomes necessary for us to consider the means by which it is formed.

Urgent as this message was, it really understated the desperate condition of British and Allied finances.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to understated, such as: classic, elegant, harmonious, pure, refined, and restrained.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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