myopic
VISUAL DEFECT WHICH CAUSES TO SEE THE NEAR OBJECTS CLEARLY AND FAR OBJECTS UNCLEARLY
Nearsightedness; Short-sightedness; Shortsighted; Shortsightedness; Nearsighted; Near-sighted; Myopic; Short sight; Short sighted; Short-sighted; Near sighted; Near sightedness; Short sightedness; Miopia; Night myopia; Myopia, severe; Myopia as metaphor; Near sight; Near vision; Degenerative myopia; Malignant myopia; Myopic degeneration; Progressive myopic degeneration; Myopia
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