myopic

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my·o·pic /maɪˈɒpɪk $ -ˈɑːpɪk/ adjective  1  NOT KNOWunwilling or unable to think about the future, especially about the possible results of a particular action – used to show disapproval 目光短浅的，缺乏远见的〔含贬义〕 SYN short-sighted the government’s myopic attitude to environmental issues 政府对环境问题所持的短视态度2. medicalMI unable to see things clearly that are far away 近视的 SYN British English short-sighted, American English near-sighted —myopically /-kli/ adverb

Examples from the Corpus

myopic• Now the whole country is run by a myopic bourgeoisie with a mentality that does not care for the people.• I mean the man woke from a myopic, car-phone-induced haze.• Most myopic children can be fitted with glasses with concave lenses which will bring their vision to normal.• Employees have suffered for management's myopic concentration on short-term goals.• I am not here, I said, limiting my involvement in the world to the range of my myopic eyes.• Thick lenses restrict a myopic patient's field of view.• Note that the average payment following the optimal strategy is around three times greater than the average payment following the myopic strategy.• But, as we know from extensive research, experience can saddle individuals with a myopic view of their current circumstances.

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myopic
my‧o‧pic /maɪˈɒpɪk $ -ˈɑːpɪk/ adjective
1. unwilling or unable to think about the future, especially about the possible results of a particular action – used in order to show disapproval
   SYN  short-sighted:
    the government’s myopic attitude to environmental issues
2. medical unable to see things clearly that are far away
   SYN  short-sighted British English, near-sighted American English
—myopically /-kli/ adverb