nearsighted
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈnɪrˌsaɪtɪd/
- US
:
miope
- She is nearsighted and needs to wear glasses to read the board in class.
- so nearsighted
Children are starting to become nearsighted faster and to greater degrees.
- Children are starting to become nearsighted faster and to greater degrees.
- A few years ago I got prescribed glasses because I'm I'm nearsighted.
- The second reason is that at least one or both of his eyes are probably mildly nearsighted.
- Well, they're still nearsighted, but they may be extroverts.
- And also she, you know, her mom, that was real nearsighted.
- So it but it was either that he was nearsighted or he was like, why can't, why wouldn't I see?
Examples
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No, actually, I'm nearsighted.
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Children are starting to become nearsighted faster and to greater degrees.
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Are you nearsighted? - Yeah.
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His nose was in the book because he was very nearsighted.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's funny, but I'm a little nearsighted.
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I was by then so nearsighted that I literally needed my glasses to find my glasses.
Academic text (2007) -
Well, she's nearsighted, darling, and she can't see 10 feet in front of her.
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I'm very nearsighted.
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The Royal Mathematician was a bald-headed, nearsighted man with a pencil behind each ear.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's terribly nearsighted.
Synonyms
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3.8
Able to see things clearly only when they are close
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7.4
Not able to see things far away clearly
Antonyms
How Near-Sighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nearsighted comes from the simple parts near ('close') and sighted (from sight, 'seeing'), so it literally means 'seeing close'. That's why a nearsighted person can see nearby things well but has trouble with things that are far away.