Myopic

//maɪˈoʊpɪk//

Synonyms for "myopic" (55 found)

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Related word relations

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Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

6 entries

similar

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Translations

53 translations across 33 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • miop adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μύωψ adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կարճատես adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Catalan

2 entries
  • llosc adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • miop adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Czech

1 entries
  • krátkozraký adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Danish

2 entries
  • kortsynet adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • nærsynet adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Dutch

1 entries
  • bijziend adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • miopa adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Finnish

1 entries
  • likinäköinen adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

French

1 entries
  • myope adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Galician

3 entries
  • chosco adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • miope adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • pitoño adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ახლომხედველი adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

German

4 entries
  • kurzsichtig adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • kurzsichtig adj (shortsighted)
  • myop adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • myopisch adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Greek

1 entries
  • μυωπικός adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קצר ראייה adj (shortsighted)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rövidlátó adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • nærsýnn adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Irish

1 entries
  • gearr-radharcach adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • кратковид adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • кратковид adj (shortsighted)
  • кусоглед adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • кусоглед adj (shortsighted)

Māori

2 entries
  • kahurua adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • pōnakonako adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • şevkor adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nærsynt adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • nærsynt adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Occitan

1 entries
  • miòp adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Polish

2 entries
  • krótkowzroczny adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • krótkowzroczny adj (shortsighted)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • miópico adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • míope adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Russian

1 entries
  • близору́кий adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Slovak

2 entries
  • krátkozraký adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • krátkozraký adj (shortsighted)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chejo adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • corto de vista adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • cortoplacista adj (shortsighted)
  • miope adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Swedish

1 entries
  • närsynt adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Turkish

1 entries
  • miyop adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cận adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • cận thị adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Welsh

3 entries
  • byr ei golwg adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • byr ei olwg adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)
  • byr eu golwg adj (unable to see distant objects unaided)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Tom is myopic.

Source: tatoeba (6044571)

“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.

Source: tatoeba (8245909)

Many of the predicaments in which humanity is caught today are rooted in myopic selfishness.

Source: tatoeba (10121175)

That's a very myopic way of thinking.

Source: tatoeba (10515887)

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