shortsightedness
noun[U]
(alsoshort-sightedness)us/ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd.nəs/uk/ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪ.tɪd.nəs/shortsightednessnoun[U](THOUGHT)
thequalityof notthinkingenough about how anactionwillaffectthefuture, or anexampleof this:
The shortsightedness of thesepoliciescan beseentoday inCongress.
Thehypocrisyand short-sightedness of thisdecisionisimmense.
Opposites
far-sightedness(JUDGMENT)
long-sightedness(JUDGMENT)
- Heprovedhimself to be apoorjudgeofcharacter,blindedbypoliticalshort-sightedness.
- Theselfishnessand short-sightedness ofmodernsocietyisseenin litter-strewn, graffiti-vandalizedcommunities.
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopia
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prissy
- prude
- prudish
- prudishly
- prudishness
- unthinking
shortsightednessnoun[U](SIGHT)
mainlyUK(USusuallynearsightedness)
theconditionof only beingabletoseeclearlyobjectsthat arecloseto you:
Inspiteof hisasthmaand shortsightedness, he was acompetentplayer.
Thelenseshavemainlybeentestedonpeoplewithmoderateshort-sightedness.
Synonym
myopia
Opposite
long-sightedness(EYES)mainlyUK
- Tomeasurelongor shortsightedness, anarrowbeamoflightisshoneinto theeye.
- She goes intohospitalonMondayforlasersurgerytocorrecther shortsightedness.
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- accommodative
- afterimage
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- astigmatic
- bespectacled
- bifocals
- boss-eyed
- eyestrain
- goggles
- macular degeneration
- monocular
- multifocal
- naked
- nearsightedly
- ocular
- ophthalmology
- pince-nez
- snow blindness
- sty