as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive

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Recent Examples of nearsighted Playing part of huge underdog again, UConn football stuns Fresno State 19-14 for first FBS win since 2019 ] While the nearsighted team turns its attention toward Florida International on Saturday, five of the Huskies’ next six opponents are at or below .500. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2022 Cynthia Powell, a fellow-student and the woman who would become Lennon’s first wife, wrote about these years in her memoirs, and dwelled at length on the friendship between the two nearsighted artists, who tried so hard to see what the world had to offer. The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2022 Powell, who is expected to win a second term leading the Fed following a renomination from President Biden, said protracted supply chain issues and workers' slower-than-expected return to the job market are to blame for the Fed's nearsighted inflation call, CNN notes. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022 Spend too much time scrutinizing text or images right in front of you, the logic goes, and your eyes become nearsighted. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for nearsighted 

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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsighted. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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