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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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