ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmyopic
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myopic
Meaning: lacking foresight about long-term consequences
myopic in a sentence
How myopic is used in real sentences:
The board's myopic cost cuts weakened the company within two years.
The mayor's myopic focus on this year's budget ignored the bridge's growing structural damage.
“His myopic proposal troubled engineer Inés Valera, who felt a qualm about rebuilding above neighborhoods already crushed by falling stone.”
— from the passage The Northern Channel
Synonyms for myopic
Other words for myopic — shortsighted, improvident and blinkered — carry the same meaning.
- shortsighted
- improvident
- blinkered
Antonyms of myopic
Words that mean the opposite of myopic:
- farsighted
- prudent
- visionary
Where it comes from
From Greek myops, meaning 'short-sighted.'
Memory hook
A MYOPIC eye sees only what is near; a myopic plan sees only the present.