put it mildly
Verb
Meaning
put it mildly (third-person singular simple present puts it mildly, present participle putting it mildly, simple past and past participle put it mildly)
To state without exaggeration; to understate, to state in euphemistic terms.
to put it mildly
That's putting it mildly!
Antonyms
Examples
The unavoidable spread of South Korean capital and information will put the North Korean government in a tight spot, to put it mildly.
To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
Health care is a design problem. Dependence on foreign oil is a design problem. To some extent, poverty is a design problem. We need design thinkers to solve those problems, and most people who are in positions of political power are not design thinkers, to put it mildly.
In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.