shortsightedness

Noun	1.	shortsightedness - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred myopia, nearsightedness ophthalmology - the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases ametropia - (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
	2.	shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources improvidence imprudence - a lack of caution in practical affairs prodigality, profligacy, extravagance - the trait of spending extravagantly thriftlessness, wastefulness, waste - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

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