nearsighted

adjective

near·​sight·​ed ˈnir-ˌsī-təd How to pronounce nearsighted (audio)
: able to see near things more clearly than distant ones : myopic
needed glasses because he was nearsighted
nearsightedly adverb

Examples of nearsighted in a Sentence

I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive.
Recent Examples on the Web Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away. Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023 However, in nearsighted or farsighted people, the light is bent incorrectly, resulting in blurred vision. Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023 Playing part of huge underdog again, UConn football stuns Fresno State 19-14 for first FBS win since 2019 ] While the nearsighted team turns its attention toward Florida International on Saturday, five of the Huskies’ next six opponents are at or below .500. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2022 Cynthia Powell, a fellow-student and the woman who would become Lennon’s first wife, wrote about these years in her memoirs, and dwelled at length on the friendship between the two nearsighted artists, who tried so hard to see what the world had to offer. The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2022 Powell, who is expected to win a second term leading the Fed following a renomination from President Biden, said protracted supply chain issues and workers' slower-than-expected return to the job market are to blame for the Fed's nearsighted inflation call, CNN notes. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022 Spend too much time scrutinizing text or images right in front of you, the logic goes, and your eyes become nearsighted. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 Adults may become nearsighted because their eyes naturally keep growing long enough to impair their distance vision, says Michelle Andreoli, an ophthalmologist at Northwestern Medicine. Sarah Anderson, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2022 Pity the fictional characters who are projections of a misogynistic or nearsighted writer’s longing. Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1686, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nearsighted was in 1686

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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearsighted. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

nearsighted

adjective
near·​sight·​ed ˈni(ə)r-ˈsīt-əd How to pronounce nearsighted (audio)
: able to see near things more clearly than distant ones : myopic
nearsightedness noun

Medical Definition

nearsighted

adjective
near·​sight·​ed ˈni(ə)r-ˈsīt-əd How to pronounce nearsighted (audio)
: able to see near things more clearly than distant ones : myopic
nearsightedly adverb

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