as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones
I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive
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Recent Examples of nearsighted
The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nearsighted
Adjective
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Yet thanks to Amtrak’s myopic decision making, their reliable rides will soon be in jeopardy.—
Gerard Bringmann,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
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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
Adjective
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Although the city faces a significant deficit, slashing essential road maintenance is shortsighted.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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By most accounts, Trump’s trade war with China is incredibly reckless and shortsighted.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsighted. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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