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understate

undervalue, minimize, lessen; see decrease 2, underestimate.

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Garments with lower necklines can be supplemented with a camisole, and sometimes leggings can help to understate a higher hemline.
In this particular they very largely understate the number of Hebrews, whose communicants (0.3%) are heads of families only, and largely of the Protestants; whereas they represent practically the total Roman Catholic population above 9 years of age.
And if Grote overlooks important agreements he seems also to understate important differences.