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.
2. understatement. 1. expressing with restraint or lack of emphasis, usually used for an ironic' or rhetorical effect. 2.basically a figure of speech that writers use to subtly make a situation less important or serious than it really is. Saying We've had a little rain, when the neighborhood is flooded. Now that is an understatement.