What Is It? Lazy eye, also called amblyopia, is an eye problem that can occur in growing children. In the typical child with lazy eye, the right and left eyes have significantly different qualities of vision, so that the images produced by one eye are weak or distorted compared with the images produced by the other eye.
Understatement Examples. Understatement is a figure of speech in which there is a contrast between the description and reality. As such, understatement can be used to reflect modesty, sarcasm, derogatory or complimentary tone.
Language that is so intense or exaggerated it must be read as meaning less than it literally states; a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of truth (ex: a beggar to one who drops a penny into the tin cup: I'm rich!) Understatement (litotes): saying less than one what really means.