myopia

Universal Words noun [U] 1 (technical) the inability to see things clearly when they are far away SYNSHORTSIGHT, SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS 2 (written, disapproving) the inability to see what the results of a particular action or decision will be; the inability to think about anything outside your own situation SYNSHORT-SIGHTEDNESS: The cancellation of the popular show was a result of managerial myopia. * cultural myopia myopic adjective (technical): a myopic child / eye * (disapproving) a myopic strategy * myopic voters seealsoSHORT-SIGHTED myopically adverb