1. A final statement or judgment that is presented with restraint, minimization, or downplaying of emphasis, often for rhetorical effect or to convey sophistication
The report's understated conclusion suggested the findings were far more significant than the modest language indicated.
A conclusão contida do relatório sugeriu que os resultados eram muito mais significativos do que a linguagem modesta indicava.
2. A conclusion delivered without exaggeration, hyperbole, or dramatic emphasis, allowing the facts to speak for themselves
After pages of evidence, the author offered an understated conclusion that simply stated the obvious implications.
Após páginas de evidências, o autor ofereceu uma conclusão contida que simplesmente declarava as implicações óbvias.