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comparative more myopic, superlative most myopic
Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided. quotations examples
She yanked the paper from her motherʼs hands, bringing it very close to her myopic eyes.
2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 13
Shortsighted; improvident. quotations examples
His postwar roles, full of myopic obsession, stalkerish derangement, and a desire for vengeance, don't seem like ground Hanks is willing to cover.
2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC
Narrow-minded. quotations examples
Will you come testify in the court of myopic opinion / Or will you settle for oblivion?
2014, Slipknot, Sacrastrophe
plural myopics
A short-sighted individual. quotations examples
The offbeat little girls of “Playdate,” whose mothers stumble through parenthood, are not the first characters to feel like cultural descendants of Salinger’s children, those savants, myopics, guileless nose pickers and practicing belchers who seem to glow on the page, highlighting the shallowness of the adults.
2008 March 23, Polly Morrice, “Descended From Salinger”, in New York Times