to put it mildly

idiom

—used to say that a statement is actually an understatement and that the thing referred to is actually larger, more important, more serious, etc.

It was a difficult experience, to put it mildly.

Examples of to put it mildly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Indeed, the overwhelming majority of lower court judges who heard similar cases reached the same result as Barrett. Roberts’s reading of the statute is, to put it mildly, less intuitive. —

Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 June 2024 Burgum’s qualifications, to put it mildly, are not impressive. —

Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 Business leaders are likely to feel trepidation, to put it mildly, over the consequences that may come from saying or doing the wrong thing. —

Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 24 June 2024 Today’s Russia, however, is distant from the ideals of communism, to put it mildly. —

Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for to put it mildly

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