Meaning & use
myopic
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Lacking foresight or judgment; short-sighted, either literally in vision or figuratively in thinking.
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Critics called the policy myopic because it ignored long-term environmental costs.
He wore glasses to correct his myopic vision.
A note on using this word
While 'myopic' literally means nearsighted, it's most often used figuratively to criticize decisions that ignore long-term consequences.
Words with a similar meaning
shortsightednarrow-minded
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Words with an opposite meaning
farsightedvisionary
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