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SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
Synonyms:
improvidence; shortsightedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("shortsightedness" is a kind of...):
imprudence (a lack of caution in practical affairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shortsightedness"):
extravagance; prodigality; profligacy (the trait of spending extravagantly)
thriftlessness; waste; wastefulness (the trait of wasting resources)
Derivation:
shortsighted (lacking foresight or scope)
shortsighted (not given careful consideration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
Synonyms:
myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("shortsightedness" is a kind of...):
ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)
Domain category:
ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)
Derivation:
shortsighted (unable to see distant objects clearly)
