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Today's word - understatement
Hi!

I try to learn new English phrases on and off.
And I've done over 2000 phrases so far.

One of the words I've learnt is "understatement".

Here are examples I've written myself:

To say it was hard is an understatement.

To say that he is a immature software engineer is an understatement.

To say that I don't like musicals is an understatement.

Does a native speaker say it like that?
Is it a casual speech?

Thank you.

PS I found this phrase on the BBC web site.

Comments · 4

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Yes. That is exactly how native speakers say it and it is commonly used.

I‘ve heard the word used the way you did in your examples a thousand times. It would be a gross understatement to say otherwise. :)
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Yes, this is natural-sounding. It is neither especially casual nor formal. The only changes I would make is “AN immature software engineer”... and “Is it a casual way of speaking ? OR “Is it a casual expression ?” Very nice, Alexey.
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@SHL, thank you for that!
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Hi @Judith. Thank you very much.

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