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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shortsightedness
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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 short·sight·ed·ness 名詞
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Short·sight·ed a.
 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.
 2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
 -- Short*sight*ed*ly, adv. -- Short*sight*ed*ness, n.
    Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness.   --Addison.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shortsightedness
      n 1: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the
           eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear
           blurred [syn: myopia, nearsightedness] [ant: hyperopia]
      2: a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of
         resources [syn: improvidence] [ant: providence]