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Shortsightedness   /ʃˈɔrtsˈaɪtɪdnɪs/   Listen
Shortsightedness

noun
1.
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.  Synonyms: myopia, nearsightedness.
2.
A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources.  Synonym: improvidence.





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"Shortsightedness" Quotes from Famous Books



... of all this peaceful development was that the northern regions of the island remained unsubdued. It was all very well for the Roman Treasury, with true departmental shortsightedness, to declare (as Appian[255] reports) that North Britain was a worthless district, which could never be profitable [Greek: [euphoron]] to hold. The cost would have been cheap in the end. All through the Roman occupation it was from the north that trouble was liable to ...
— Early Britain—Roman Britain • Edward Conybeare


Words linked to "Shortsightedness" :   hyperopia, profligacy, ametropia, shortsighted, ophthalmology, wastefulness, prodigality, thriftlessness, imprudence, extravagance, providence, waste


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