Usually means: Subtle, not excessively or boldly expressed.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word understated:

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  1. understated: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. understated: Merriam-Webster
  3. understated: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. understated: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. understated: Collins English Dictionary
  6. understated: Vocabulary.com
  7. Understated, understated: Wordnik
  8. understated: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. understated: Wiktionary
  10. understated: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. understated: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. understated: Dictionary.com
  13. understated: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Understated (Edwyn Collins album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. understated: Rhymezone
  16. understated: FreeDictionary.org
  17. understated: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. understated: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. UNDERSTATED: Accounting Glossary
  2. understated: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Restrained and unpretentious.

Similar:
unostentatious, unpretentious, tasteful, in good taste, quiet, low-keyed, underspoken, nonpretentious, unshowy, modest, more...

Opposite:
ostentatious, garish, gaudy, loud

Types:
subdued, restrained, calm, quiet, gentle, temperate, more...

Phrases:
understated but superior, opposite of understated, quiet understated, understated happiness, more...

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Similar:
unostentatious, unpretentious, tasteful, in good taste, quiet, low-keyed, underspoken, nonpretentious, unshowy, modest, more...

Opposite:
ostentatious, garish, gaudy, loud

Types:
subdued, restrained, calm, quiet, gentle, temperate, more...

Phrases:
understated but superior, opposite of understated, quiet understated, understated happiness, more...

Colors:
    taupe,     beige,     slate gray,     olive green,     dusty rose, more...



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