long-sighted

[lawng-sahy-tid, long-]

adjective

1. farsighted; hypermetropic.

2. having great foresight; foreseeing remote results.

long-sighted

adjective

1. related to or suffering from hyperopia

2. able to see distant objects in focus

3. having foresight

Other Word Forms

• long-sightedness noun
• long-sightedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of long-sighted¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Amblyopia is when the vision in one eye does not develop properly and can be triggered by a squint or being long-sighted.

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Police said 10 cars and 15 people had set themselves up next to one another with long-sighted cameras and binoculars.

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It’s a crucial test for a company that’s spent decades pursuing long-sighted R&D. And more importantly, the success — or failure — of Spot will tell us a lot about our own robot future.

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Compared to Google, DeepMind has positioned itself as a cerebral home for long-sighted research, attracting some of the world’s best AI talent in the process.

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When you're young your eyes start off long-sighted and as you grow, your eyes change and your vision corrects itself.

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