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.
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This is a period of profound adjustment for everyone at the club, to put it mildly.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Born in Crimea in the early ’80s and sent to live with her grandparents in Grozny (then Chechnya), Sandu has had some pretty bad luck in her time, to put it mildly.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
The relative levels of anticipation suggested by these numbers are not in the same galaxy, to put it mildly.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, our recent emphasis on sending arms instead of sending troops – an echo of the Nixon Docrtine of the 1970s – has had mixed results, to put it mildly.
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Born in Crimea in the early ’80s and sent to live with her grandparents in Grozny (then Chechnya), Sandu has had some pretty bad luck in her time, to put it mildly.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
The relative levels of anticipation suggested by these numbers are not in the same galaxy, to put it mildly.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, our recent emphasis on sending arms instead of sending troops – an echo of the Nixon Docrtine of the 1970s – has had mixed results, to put it mildly.
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to put it mildly
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“To put it mildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20put%20it%20mildly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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