Both Uses
understatement
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- You've picked up the English habit of understatement, Jack.†
Chpt 5. *
- Ramius understated it.†
Chpt 7.
Definitions:
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(1)
(understatement) presenting something as less important or extreme than it is
or (less commonly):
subtlety or restraint in expression - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)