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Definition of Nearsighted
1. Adjective. Unable to see distant objects clearly.
Derivative terms: Myopia, Nearsightedness, Shortsightedness
Antonyms: Farsighted
Definition of Nearsighted
1. a. Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted.
Definition of Nearsighted
1. Adjective. (alternative form of near-sighted) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nearsighted
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nearsighted
Literary usage of Nearsighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Truths Newly Illustrated by Henry Graham (1904)
"nearsighted and Farsighted Christians Some persons are nearsighted. They can see
only things near at hand. The glories of the heavens above are shut out ..."
2. The American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal (1898)
"How nearsighted the policy to place children of all degrees of physical strength
in one room and give them the same lessons and expect about the same degree ..."
3. The Child-study Monthly by Alfred Bayliss, William Otterbein Krohn, C. Victor Campbell, Albert Henry Yoder, Illinois Society for Child-Study (1899)
"Of this number only eighty- eight were nearsighted, sixty were farsighted and
ten astigmatic. On the other hand the German Empire, the home of one of the ..."
4. Physiology and Health by Herbert William Conn (1916)
"We say that a person who has this difficulty is nearsighted; in order to see ...
Some people are born nearsighted, but this form of defective vision is more ..."
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