Myopic
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A short-sighted individual.
"The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics, guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults."
- 1 Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.
"Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye."
- 2 Shortsighted; improvident. figuratively
"The real problem, he insists, is the myopic mentality that has failed to address climate change to date. The rich world’s indifference to the despoliation of the environment in pursuit of short-term economic gain is rooted in a wider problem."
- 3 Narrow-minded. figuratively
"Scientific advances can draw us outside of our myopic comfort zone."
- 1 lacking foresight or scope wordnet
- 2 unable to see distant objects clearly wordnet
Example
More examples"“The major concern is that if children do not spend enough time outdoors and too much time indoors looking at their tablets and computers and these activities ... they will increase the probability of becoming myopic and also to increase the severity of the myopia,” she said."
Etymology
From myopia + -ic.
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