shortsightedness

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noun

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