myopic

comparative more myopic · superlative most myopic

1. Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

   A stronger prescription for myopic night drivers is often needed.

   2 more examples

   Corrective lenses compensate for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.

   She yanked the paper from her motherʼs hands, bringing it very close to her myopic eyes.

   2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 13

   Antonyms: hyperopic

2. figurativelyShortsighted; improvident.

   His postwar roles, full of myopic obsession, stalkerish derangement, and a desire for vengeance, don't seem like ground Hanks is willing to cover.

   2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC

   1 more example

   The real problem, he insists, is the myopic mentality that has failed to address climate change to date. The rich world’s indifference to the despoliation of the environment in pursuit of short-term economic gain is rooted in a wider problem.

   2015 June 28, Paul Vallely, “The Pope's Ecological Vow”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

3. figurativelyNarrow-minded.

   Scientific advances can draw us outside of our myopic comfort zone.

   1 more example

   Will you come testify in the court of myopic opinion / Or will you settle for oblivion?

   2014, “Sarcastrophe” (02:24-02:32 from the start), in .5: The Gray Chapter (Alternative Metal, Nu Metal), performed by Slipknot

plural myopics

1. A short-sighted individual.

   1 more example

   The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics, guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults.

   2008 March 23, Polly Morrice, “Descended From Salinger”, in New York Times