myopia
noun
a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia).
myopically
Example Sentences
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Because Euro-American culture myopically focuses on human welfare, we tend to view water as either a commodity or a flood threat.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023
“The weight-centric paradigm and the inequities it creates have led to a health care system that is myopically focused on making fat people thin,” Chastain said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
But I would wager — myopically, perhaps — that they have been especially disorienting for families of children whose entire lives, birth to now, have been encompassed by the pandemic.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
You’ll find it harder to go free-ranging if you’re myopically worried about something in your personal life, like an illness or an argument with a spouse.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
“I don’t have to go looking for trouble in an airplane,” he noted, blinking his beady, brown, offended eyes myopically.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
