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Understood 

Corporate speak for "Fuck you".

In the working world, it is now impossible to speak your mind, so a form of Orwellian word play takes place, where seemingly innocent and bland phrases now have a secret, darker, meaning.
Guy1: "You will have to take a pay cut and work longer hours, as the company is facing hard times."
Guy2: "Oh yeah, understood."

Woman1: "We need you to leverage your resources to perform at a higher level."
Woman2: "Understood."
Understood by UncleDes March 13, 2009
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She understood the assignment

A phrase used when someone is giving it 110%

Weather it’s what they’re doing, what they’re wearing, someone who is really on top of their shit
She slayed that outfit, she understood the assignment!

Ununderstandable 

1) Preposterously insane.
It can mean something that is insane beyond someone's wildest imagination, to the point that it becomes contrary to reason or common sense.

2) Something that is really hard to understand, which has to be repeated twice, or thrice before one fully comprehends it. (It can't be over 7 times, otherwise it would be: Unununderstandable.)

3) Something that is unacceptable, and intolerable (esp. by whole societies, or religions.)
1: “Hey, Steve. Why is six afraid of seven?”
“I don't know, Tim McGomnrey. WHY is six afraid of seven?”
Cuz 7 8 9. Haha..”
“HAHAHA... WAIT... THIS IS UNUNDERSTANDABLE!!”
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2: “And this is why Americans like potatoes.”
“Professor, can you repeat that last part 3 more times?”
*The professor literally repeats it 3 more times*
“It's still ununderstandable, professor!”
“Get the &$@% out you little piece of #%£¥!!”
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3: “I said I wanted a decaf! This is NOT a decaf! This is irregularly ununderstandable on so many levels, you are ALL fired!!”
Ununderstandable by Mr. Padwan. September 30, 2012

Understood 

1. A shorthand acknowledgment that the speaker is aware of the preceding statement in a conversation, and has discerned the meaning of the statement.

Usually, this is an emotionally neutral phrase.

Usually used in writing, such as email, and may be followed by a period ("Understood.") depending on personal preference.

Synonym of Noted, and is normally acceptable in Business English. A more formal equivalent of gotcha, which is normally not acceptable in Business English. Compare: affirmative, correct, OK, right.

2. A disingenuous acknowledgment of a preceding statement in a conversation. This secondary definition usually occurs when the speaker is obligated to reply to a statement contrary to the desires or expectations of the speaker, but would be reprimanded for an explicitly negative or contrary reply.

In short, a common way to implicitly disapprove of a statement by neither explicitly permitting it nor praising it.

This secondary definition is highly dependent on plausible deniability, and may be misunderstood by the recipient.
If the implication is understood, the recipient may take offense, as it displays disobedience on the part of the speaker.
1. "We need five shipments delivered by this time tomorrow."
"Understood."

2. "Due to recent corporate restructuring, you will now be solely responsible for managing incoming tickets. Therefore, we must ask you to be on call 24/7."
"Understood."
Understood by MerryMerri January 31, 2019

Understoodable 

It means understandable but if you are trying to take the piss out of someone at the same time.
Teacher: next time dont stick glue inside the school computers.
James: understoodable.
Teacher: what the fuck

Understood Sebastian we are checking now, we’ll get back to you 

The act of saying that you will do something but never do it due the fact you could not give two shits about the person you are talking to.
Sebastian: Ok guys should we move to plan B now
Race engineer: understood Sebastian we are checking now, we’ll get back to you

understooded 

to understand somebody, commonly used as a question
60+9 is 69. Understooded?
understooded by gfkl March 24, 2021