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Understaffment 

Not having enough workers to do a job
This location closes at 6:30pm due to understaffment
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understatement 

1. expressing with restraint or lack of emphasis, usually used for an [ironic' or rhetorical effect.

2.basically a figure of speech that writers use to subtly make a situation less important or serious than it really is.
Saying "We've had a little rain," when the neighborhood is flooded. Now that is an understatement.

The last line of Frost's "Birches" illustrates understatement: "One could do worse than be a swinger of birches."

understatement 

to state to weakly, or without emphasis
To say George W. Bush is a bad president would be an understatement

understatement by Garrett San February 19, 2008

understatement of the century 

something said that states the obvious, often falling short of the truth.
guy 1: Bush was a sucky president.
guy 2: That's the understatement of the century.

Understandment 

Typing understanding but your brain doesn't work so it comes out as "Understandment"
Yes I heard what you said I apologize Harry's mother I didn't mean to offend anyone and I hope we can make an understandment

understatement 

To say that such phrase or sentence is not well defined and/or weak in its own definition
Person A: I think Richard Simmons is gay.

Person B: That's an understatement.

Understandment 

Understanding someone in a type of way that makes you try to understand it again.
Skeppy: "I need some understandment of what we are doing"
MegaPVP: "We are doing a 1v1"
Understandment by AutoHCF May 21, 2020
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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
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murderhobo 

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Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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