shortsightedness
1. a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources • Syn: improvidence • Ant: providence (for: improvidence) • Derivationally related forms: shortsighted, improvident (for: improvidence) • Hypernyms: imprudence • Hyponyms: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy, thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness 2. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred • Syn: myopia, nearsightedness • Ant: hyperopia (for: myopia) • Derivationally related forms: shortsighted, nearsighted (for: nearsightedness), myopic (for: myopia) • Topics: ophthalmology • Hypernyms: ametropia
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