myopic

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Near-sighted

   Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

   • Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
   • A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.
   • She yanked the paper from her motherʼs hands, bringing it very close to her myopic eyes.
2. 2

   Shortsighted

   Shortsighted; improvident.

   • His postwar roles, full of myopic obsession, stalkerish derangement, and a desire for vengeance, don't seem like ground Hanks is willing to cover.
3. 3

   Narrow-minded.

   • Scientific advances can draw us outside of our myopic comfort zone.
   • Will you come testify in the court of myopic opinion / Or will you settle for oblivion?
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   1. 4

      A short-sighted individual.

The neighborhood

• synonymshort-sighted
• synonymnear-sighted
• neighbormyopia