The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.

plural of understeer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of understeer

simple past tense and past participle of understeer

present participle of understeer

(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay. / (transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.

Restrained and unpretentious.

simple past tense and past participle of understate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of understate