: a condition in which the visual images come to a focus (see focusentry 1 sense 4) in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects : nearsightedness
She wears glasses to correct her myopia.
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: a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something
… those require long-term commitments, which in our current myopia we cannot take on. Adam Smith
Example Sentences
She wears eyeglasses to correct her myopia.
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