myopic adj 1: unable to see distant objects clearly [syn: {nearsighted}, {shortsighted}, {myopic}] [ant: {farsighted}, {presbyopic}] 2: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: {short}, {shortsighted}, {unforesightful}, {myopic}]
Myopic \My*op"ic\, a. Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted. [1913 Webster] {Myopic astigmatism}, a condition in which the eye is affected with myopia in one meridian only. [1913 Webster]