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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: unable to see distant objects clearly [syn: nearsighted, shortsighted, myopic] [ant: farsighted, presbyopic]
2: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see myopia

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Myopic My*op"ic, a. Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted. Myopic astigmatism, a condition in which the eye is affected with myopia in one meridian only.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe someone as myopic, you are critical of them because they seem unable to realize that their actions might have negative consequences. The Government still has a myopic attitude to spending. = short-sighted ADJ [disapproval] 2. If someone is myopic, they are unable to see things which are far away from them. (FORMAL) = short-sighted ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Near-sighted, short-sighted, dim-sighted, purblind, mope-eyed.