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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In the government's myopic view, millions of Americans are at this very moment committing federal felonies by exercising their Second Amendment rights and using marijuana.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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Xi’s focus on reforming the PLA is often portrayed in the West as a myopic obsession with unification with Taiwan.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2025
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
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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsighted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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