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${\mathrm{Nd}}_{2}{\mathrm{Hf}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}$, belonging to the family of geometrically frustrated cubic rare-earth pyrochlore oxides, was recently identified to order antiferromagnetically below ${T}_{\mathrm{N}}\ensuremath{\approx}0.55$ K with an all-in/all-out arrangement of ${\mathrm{Nd}}^{3+}$ moments, however, with a much reduced ordered state moment. Herein, we investigate the spin dynamics and crystal-field states of ${\mathrm{Nd}}_{2}{\mathrm{Hf}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{7}$ using muon spin …