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shortsightedness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shortsighted  \Short"sight`ed\,  a. 
  1.  Not  able  to  see  far  nearsighted;  myopic.  See  {Myopic}, 
  and  {Myopia}. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  Not  able  to  look  far  into  futurity;  unable  to 
  understand  things  deep;  of  limited  intellect. 
 
  3.  Having  little  regard  for  the  future;  heedless.  -- 
  {Short"sight`ed*ly},  adv  --  {Short"sight`ed*ness},  n. 
 
  Cunning  is  a  kind  of  shortsightedness.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shortsightedness 
  n  1:  (ophthalmology)  eyesight  abnormality  resulting  from  the 
  eye's  faulty  refractive  ability  [syn:  {myopia},  {nearsightedness}] 
  2:  a  lack  of  prudence  and  care  by  someone  in  the  management  of 
  resources  [syn:  {improvidence}]  [ant:  {providence}]




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