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    understated
    [ adj ]
    exhibiting restrained good taste
    <adj.all>
    the room is pleasant and understated


    1. In the normally understated tones of the British civil service, such language amounts to a polite demurrer to Mr. Lilley's policy.
    2. But Mr. Hurt, under Randa Haines's understated direction, gives this character surprising humanity.
    3. Passable cheaper versions can be found at Thomas Burberry, Marks and Spencer and The Gap. Margaret Howell also scores well with her understated, relaxed shirts in cotton or linen.
    4. The indictment charges that Grace understated the amounts and types of solvents used and that the company "concealed from the EPA" that solvents and other wastes frequently were poured into the ground behind the plant.
    5. Everything in this understated collection was wearable and chic.
    6. The text is minimal, and the downbeat understated illustrations carry most of the story with sly and subtle humour.
    7. As reported previously, a six-count indictment handed down against Mr. Roggio in 1984 included allegations that he misstated assets, understated liabilities and deceived lenders about who was signing loan documents and guarantees.
    8. The suits allege that Westinghouse understated the extent of problems in the real estate portfolio of its financial services unit.
    9. For instance, by not counting the cost of the government's bailout of savings and loan institutions as part of the deficit, the "real" degree of red ink is understated.
    10. They listened impassively as lawyers for creditors asked whether they had overstated assets and understated liabilities as they desperately sought loans last fall.
    11. But officials also noted that the same seasonal adjustment problem probably understated the 0.1% gain in the PPI in September, as well as in that month's index excluding food and energy.
    12. Mr. Cristiani, a Georgetown University graduate, is understated, conciliatory and respected as a business manager.
    13. Mr Job is generally considered to have an understated style that verges on the downbeat. Mr Paul Norris of BZW, said: 'While the detail was positive, US investors felt the tone of the meeting was not barnstormingly bullish enough.
    14. After all, on the outside, this Toyota product is understated.
    15. The result is that these companies' problems are sometimes understated or glossed over.
    16. The retailer of food, plant and craft products said the problem stems from a computerized accounts payable system that understated the amount owed to suppliers by the unit.
    17. Formal, deliberate and understated, he campaigned as the candidate who could heal New York's social divisions, schisms that Koch often was accused of worsening.
    18. This means the budget deficit and cost of subsidizing our export industry are both understated by $4 to $6 billion.
    19. I don't know what to do." Beyond that, President Bush's understated approach with the Kremlin seems to have produced results, in the form of new non-Communist governments throughout Eastern Europe over the last year.
    20. In his typically understated way, Mr. Ansin tells of National Broadcasting Co.'s plan to buy the local CBS-affiliated station and then award it the NBC affiliation his station has had for 25 years.
    21. The official, who spoke to reporters under rules that barred identifying him, said the Soviet's claim of possessing 50,000 tons of poison gas was widely understated.
    22. Sen. Specter methodically whittled away at adverse witnesses with piercing questions delivered in a highly professional, understated tone.
    23. Grooming and makeup should be neat and understated.
    24. Mr. Bowen had worked intensely on Ogilvy's proposed new campaign, which was believed to have shifted the focus from the carefree consumerism of the 1980s to the more understated values of the '90s.
    25. He builds, from too understated a beginning, to a powerful and humane account of Antony's fluctuations.
    26. Because of the difficulty of measuring service output, the rate of inflation in this sector is exaggerated and its productivity growth greatly understated. Manufacturing companies in the west will face competing options.
    27. But this straightforward production has two valuable assets: Alan Arkin, himself a marvelously understated actor, and producers and writers who understand the art of understatement.
    28. In tourism and business travel, Massachusetts is a state which makes a virtue out of its modest proportions and understated charms.
    29. Under a plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors, Kroh admitted he understated his liabilities in financial statements to two Kansas banks from which he was seeking loans.
    30. "Richard Nixon often used to veto bills at press conferences, making a statement as much as anything else," Ornstein said. "George Bush does it in a much more understated way." In dealing with lawmakers, Bush has a big problem.
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