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Myopic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In pathology, of or relating to myopia; affected with myopia; short-sighted; near-sighted. Also brachymetropic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted.
  • adjective. a condition in which the eye is affected with myopia in one meridian only.
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  • adjective. nearsighted; unable to see distant objects unaided
  • adjective. shortsighted; improvident
  • adjective. narrow minded
  • noun. A short-sighted individual.
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  • adjective. unable to see distant objects clearly
  • adjective. lacking foresight or scope
    • Word Usage
    "The word myopic has appeared in 38 New York Times articles in the past year, including on June 21 in the Op-Ed article, "The Sun Is the Best Optometrist," by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang:"
    Equivalent
    improvident  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Tropic  endoscopic  geotropic  gyroscopic  isotopic  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bleary  bloodshot  disapprove  dualistic  fallible  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nearsighted  
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