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
This myopic design crumbles under today’s dynamic combination of multicloud, the Internet of Things and edge AI.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
That myopic move sadly eliminated $243,000, or more than 20 percent, of KSDS’s annual budget.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Nielsen, who seemed to be channeling Jack Webb, Ronald Reagan, and Moe Howard at the same time, elevated cocksure befuddlement into a weird form of enlightenment, turning the myopic absence of self-awareness into comic gold.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 July 2025
Fox News and similar corners of the internet were ablaze with myopic insistences that any inclusion of, or even nod to, this rather essential, commonplace, and well-known part of the Superman backstory made the new movie, somehow, another piece of woke Hollywood nonsense.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
That myopic move sadly eliminated $243,000, or more than 20 percent, of KSDS’s annual budget.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Nielsen, who seemed to be channeling Jack Webb, Ronald Reagan, and Moe Howard at the same time, elevated cocksure befuddlement into a weird form of enlightenment, turning the myopic absence of self-awareness into comic gold.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 July 2025
Fox News and similar corners of the internet were ablaze with myopic insistences that any inclusion of, or even nod to, this rather essential, commonplace, and well-known part of the Superman backstory made the new movie, somehow, another piece of woke Hollywood nonsense.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for myopic
Adjective
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But that is shortsighted and surface level.—
Britney Porter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Even though Moscow and Beijing are now closely aligned, it would be shortsighted to presume this alignment will be enduring given their past enmity and the potential for a future breakup.—
Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For instance, an officer or insurance adjuster might claim your lack of footwear contributed to reckless or careless driving, and the matter could even be brought up in court or during an insurance review.—
Georgea Kovanis,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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This Earth sign can be quite the perfectionist, preferring order and discernment over anything remotely vague and careless.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Others struggle to see objects located too far away, rendering us nearsighted.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Aug. 2025
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And once people became nearsighted, screen time was tied to 54 percent higher odds that their myopia would get worse.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For instance, an officer or insurance adjuster might claim your lack of footwear contributed to reckless or careless driving, and the matter could even be brought up in court or during an insurance review.—
Georgea Kovanis,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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Set in 1968 suburbia, Father of Us follows five siblings caught between their magnetic but reckless father and their radiant but overwhelmed mother.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Overall, this wasn’t a terrible episode, but having our heroes start in the UK and then end up in Spain in the first episode felt rushed and wasteful.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Is the packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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Unsurprisingly, Peter proves to be nasty, brutish and improvident.—
Joanne Kaufman,
WSJ,
2 Dec. 2022
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“Myopic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/myopic. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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