misunderstatement means an understatement made by mistake or that is so extremely understated as to be misleading. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
noun
- An understatement made by mistake or that is so extremely understated as to be misleading.“To describe it as naïve would be a flagrant misunderstatement, but its sole purpose is to get laughs, and anyone who doubts its ability to do this has only to be reminded that for eighteen years now, day in and day out, " Aaron Slick " has averaged better than three productions every day.”