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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
Yet thanks to Amtrak’s myopic decision making, their reliable rides will soon be in jeopardy.
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Gerard Bringmann, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
There’s a flow to the grocery store, and my myopic fixation on the handful of items I was commissioned to collect occasionally resulted in an interruption to that flow, or worse yet, a reversal to it.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Stay true to your March vote, board members, and hire an interim CPS boss who won’t risk the system’s insolvency because of the mayor’s myopic ideological rigidity.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Nurture them along and do not let the myopic pressures of others convince you otherwise.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Gerard Bringmann, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
There’s a flow to the grocery store, and my myopic fixation on the handful of items I was commissioned to collect occasionally resulted in an interruption to that flow, or worse yet, a reversal to it.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Stay true to your March vote, board members, and hire an interim CPS boss who won’t risk the system’s insolvency because of the mayor’s myopic ideological rigidity.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Nurture them along and do not let the myopic pressures of others convince you otherwise.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for myopic
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Every weakness is a strength The NHL’s recent obsession with state tax rates is shortsighted.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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But disruption for its own sake, absent a clear understanding of how care is delivered, is shortsighted.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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State troopers cited the truck driver who caused the crash, a 57-year-old Texas man, for careless driving causing injury, according to the agency.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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Edmund Richard Hartley, 31, the yacht captain towing Adler and another girl, was charged with four counts of careless boating, including one count for not having a lookout to keep an eye on the girls.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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And people with at least four hours of daily screen time were twice as likely to be nearsighted than individuals with less screen time.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 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
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Keep an open mind, as an erratic square between Mars and Uranus on June 15 could shake things up in unpredictable ways and result in some reckless behavior.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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The girl’s 47-year-old stepmom is charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle, Shelby County court records show.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
6 June 2025
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Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ wasteful Elon Musk criticized President Donald Trump’s sprawling One Big Beautiful BIll as wasteful in a new interview amid signs the epic bromance between the man in the White House and the world’s richest man is fading.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Emerging narrative or worldview: Much of this Federal funding is wasteful and supports faculty and research with biases inimical to the values of many citizens.—
Rick Miller,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Going that route is improvident.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2022
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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 12 Jun. 2025.
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