Meaning

3 senses
  1. Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

    Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.

    A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.

    kurzsichtig, myop, myopisch

    близору́кийblizorúkij

    unable to see distant objects clearly

  2. (figuratively)Shortsighted; improvident.

    kurzsichtig

  3. (figuratively)Narrow-minded.

    Scientific advances can draw us outside of our myopic comfort zone.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. That was a very myopic decision.

    ruЭто было очень недальновидное решение.

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  2. That's a very myopic way of thinking.

    deDiese Denkweise ist sehr kurzsichtig.

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  3. Many of the predicaments in which humanity is caught today are rooted in myopic selfishness.

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  4. Tom is myopic.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unable to see distant objects unaided:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unable to see distant objects unaided:

Forms

more myopic, most myopic
Comparativemore myopic Lesson
Superlativemost myopic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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