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shortsightedness definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred [syn: myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness] [ant: farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness]
2: a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources [syn: improvidence, shortsightedness] [ant: providence]

Merriam Webster's

noun see shortsighted

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.