myopic
9 synonyms and 4 antonyms for myopic, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adjective — Focused only on immediate concerns and failing to consider the longer term.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adjective
Focused only on immediate concerns and failing to consider the longer term.
“Cutting the training budget was a myopic decision that cost them a decade of talent.”
Opposites
2. adjective medical
Unable to see distant objects clearly; short-sighted.
“He has been myopic since childhood and cannot read a road sign without glasses.”
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How to use myopic
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
The figurative sense dominates in general writing and is mildly critical. The eye-condition sense belongs to medicine, where the noun is myopia.
Etymology
From Greek myops 'short-sighted', from myein 'to shut' and ops 'eye', describing the habit of narrowing the eyes to see distant things.
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