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shortsightedness

shortsightedness

6.5
Difficulty seeing things far away without glasses
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɔrtˌsaɪtɪdnəs/
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  • He didn't realize his shortsightedness until he noticed how close he had to sit to the television.

Examples

  • Except for his shortsightedness, he moved like an athlete.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Many people with shortsightedness struggle to see the chalkboard clearly during class.

  • Her shortsightedness made it difficult for her to read street signs from a distance.

Synonyms

myopia
vsshortsightedness
  • Specialized
7 6.6

An eye condition where distant things look blurred

is the everyday label rather than the medical name for it
nearsightedness
vsshortsightedness
  • Specialized
2 3.7

A problem with seeing where things far away look blurry

is another common label using a different everyday term for the same issue

Antonyms

farsightedness
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A condition where you see far things clearly but near things are blurry

How Far

farsightedness
  • Specialized
1 6.8
distance vision
  • Specialized
4.2
shortsightedness
6.5
blindness
70 3.1

Surface Forms

shortsightedness singular
shortsightednesses plural

Morphology

shortsightedness = shortsighted (transparent) = short + sight + ed + ness

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of 'shortsighted' (short + sighted), and the meaning directly describes the visual condition.

Etymology

Shortsightedness comes from the words short and sight, where short means 'not far' and sight means 'ability to see'. So it literally means 'not able to see far', which is why the word is used for the eye condition that makes distant objects blurry and is often fixed with glasses.