nearsightedness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the condition of seeing nearby objects clearly but distant objects indistinctly

   Glasses corrected her nearsightedness and made distant signs readable.

2. 2
   noun

   failure to consider long-term consequences or possibilities

   The policy's financial nearsightedness created larger costs a decade later.

Formed from nearsighted + -ness. The literal visual sense gave rise to a figurative sense describing limited foresight.

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