purblind

adjective

Definition of purblindnext
1
as in blinded

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2
as in myopic

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  1. myopic
  2. shortsighted
  3. nearsighted
  4. sightless
Adjective
  • From myopic confinement to the outer reaches of space, the view from Devil’s Island and French Guiana has spread significantly outwards.
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The markets are often myopic and tend to extrapolate short-term trends for the long run.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of myopic
Adjective
  • Charities are very shortsighted to neglect this, or to dilute the thanks by coupling it with new requests.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In contrast, this Nosferatu begins and ends with Ellen onscreen making decisions — impulsive and shortsighted, purposeful and wistful — about her own life.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of shortsighted
Adjective
  • The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.
    Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
  • With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
    Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
Definition of nearsighted
Adjective
  • That makes for quick, sightless control of both radio volume and climate temperature.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Our new unlucky heroine is terminally ill writer Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), out of the hospital on a day trip to the city when sightless monsters begin falling from the sky.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Definition of sightless
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