1
as in shortsighted
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones
he became so myopic that he finally broke down and got contact lenses
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as in careless
not thinking about and providing for the future
the myopic city designers who did not plan for growth
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Recent Examples of myopic
And China’s myopic urge to cut off reliance on US technology is actually a weakness that the US could exploit.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Only Martin — cast as a Dickensian wretch by Bonitzer’s legion of myopic elites, but always quietly acting against type — reserves the right to determine his own worth.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
Showing Up’s potentially myopic perspective contrasts significantly from Reichardt’s Night Moves, a film about radical white environmental activists whose designs of blowing up a dam backfires, causing their inept leader Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) to erratically cover his tracks.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Many conservative critics appear to have homed in on its depictions of the latter with the most myopic lens possible.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Only Martin — cast as a Dickensian wretch by Bonitzer’s legion of myopic elites, but always quietly acting against type — reserves the right to determine his own worth.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
Showing Up’s potentially myopic perspective contrasts significantly from Reichardt’s Night Moves, a film about radical white environmental activists whose designs of blowing up a dam backfires, causing their inept leader Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) to erratically cover his tracks.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Many conservative critics appear to have homed in on its depictions of the latter with the most myopic lens possible.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for myopic
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But American shipbuilding is in shambles, due to decades of shortsighted policies and neglect.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Beyond the impact on the health of the affected recipients, multiple Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the cuts were shortsighted.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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Longtime fans may recall that on Thanksgiving Night 2009, Woods’ Cadillac Escalade collided with a fire hydrant, tree and several bushes near his Central Florida home, and he was ticketed with careless driving.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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She was arrested in a bankruptcy case in 2013, arrested for careless driving in 2021 and arrested again in 2023 on suspicion of domestic violence and battery.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2026
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What if Timmy had damaged his eyesight to more accurately play the nearsighted Marty Mauser?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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The rise has continued so sharply that some projections suggest that by 2050, about half the world could be nearsighted.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Theodore Cartner, 76, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after the Saturday evening incident.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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The law must be strengthened further to ensure that, in the future, gross negligence, reckless storage of remains and even improper co-mingling of remains can be criminally charged from the onset, and carry real sentences with the potential for actual jail time.—
Vaughan Bagley,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2026
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Republicans opposing the extension had said the assistance went to insurers, incentivizing fraud and wasteful coverage.—
Tribune News Service,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The efforts of the county Board of Supervisors to essentially create a duplicate unit is another example of wasteful spending.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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So, yes, the judiciary can be a bulwark against improvident prosecutions.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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Then, there’s the waste that results from improvident eating habits.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Myopic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/myopic. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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