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   myopic

   /mʌɪˈɒpɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. short-sighted: "most myopic children can be fitted with glasses to correct their vision" Similar short-sightednearsightedinformal:as blind as a batarchaic:purblindOpposite long-sighted
   • ▪ lacking foresight or intellectual insight: "the government still has a myopic attitude to public spending" Similar unimaginativeuncreativeunadventurousnarrow-mindedlacking foresightsmall-mindedshort-termnarrowinsularparochialprovincialOpposite farsighted

   Derivatives

   • 1. myopically adverb

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