Antonyms for myopic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik |
| Phonetic Transcription : maɪˈɒp ɪk, -ˈoʊ pɪk |
Definition of myopic
Origin :- "short-sighted," 1800, from myopia + -ic. Figurative use from 1891. Related: Myopical (1748); myopically.
- adj able only to see things near at hand
- Fire flashed from his myopic eyes, which had exempted him from service with the army.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- I had to save the day by answering that I was glad to be myopic just now.
- Extract from : « Riviera Towns » by Herbert Adams Gibbons
- He observed her; sparks glinted in the myopic eyes of this extraordinary woman.
- Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
- For they are simply short-sighted trustful people, the myopic victims of the salesman and saleswoman.
- Extract from : « Certain Personal Matters » by H. G. Wells
- Vague and myopic between their puckered lids, his eyes seemed lost, homeless, unhappy.
- Extract from : « Mortal Coils » by Aldous Huxley
- Thus it happens frequently in divergent strabismus, when one eye is myopic, the other emmetropic.
- Extract from : « Schweigger on Squint » by C. Schweigger
- For near objects the myopic eye is used without accommodation and therefore also without convergent strabismus of the right.
- Extract from : « Schweigger on Squint » by C. Schweigger
- But the myopic leaders of the Athenian state could not see salvation in intelligence, they could only see it in hemlock.
- Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant
- The point of view is too myopic, too tight and close to take in the inductive argument.
- Extract from : « Essays in Radical Empiricism » by William James
- Therefore her thoughts and arguments were myopic, almost necessarily specious.
- Extract from : « Children of the Whirlwind » by Leroy Scott
Synonyms for myopic
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