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myopic
- /maɪˈɒpɪk/ UK
- /maɪˈoʊpɪk/ US
- /maɪˈɑpɪk/ US
Rhymes with -ɒpɪk
adjective more myopic · most myopic
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Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.
Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
Opposite: hyperopic
- Shortsighted; improvident. The real problem, he insists, is the myopic mentality that has failed to address climate change to date. The rich world’s indifference to the despoliation of the environment in pursuit of short-term economic gain is rooted in a wider problem.
- Narrow-minded. Scientific advances can draw us outside of our myopic comfort zone.
Similar: short-sighted, near-sighted
noun myopics
- A short-sighted individual. The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics, guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness o
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Similar: short-sighted, near-sighted
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adj unable to see distant objects unaided
| Español | miope, chejo, corto de vista |
|---|---|
| Português | míope, miópico |
| Français | myope |
| Deutsch | kurzsichtig, myop, myopisch |
| Italiano | miope, poco perspicace |
| Ελληνικά | μυωπικός myopikós |
| Русский | близору́кий blizorúkij |
| Tiếng Việt | cận thị, cận |
adj shortsighted
| Español | cortoplacista |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | kurzsichtig |
| עברית | קצר ראייה katsár re'iyáh |
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