- 1(technology) the inability to see things clearly when they are far away synonym nearsightedness
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- 2(formal) (disapproving) the inability to see what the result of a particular action or decision will be; the inability to think about anything outside your own situation synonym shortsightedness The cancellation of the popular show was a result of managerial myopia. cultural myopia
NAmE//maɪˈɑpɪk//
adjective (technology) a myopic child/eye (disapproving) a myopic strategy myopic voters see shortsighted, shortsighted NAmE//maɪˈɑpɪkli//
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