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Definition: Shortsighted |
ShortsightedAdjective1. Lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan". 2. (ophthalmology) inability to focus on distant objects. 3. Not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shortsighted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Normal vision. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute
The same view with myopia.
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness or short-sightedness, is a refractive defect where the person affected usually can see nearby objects clearly but distant objects appear blurred. Myopia is caused by a weakening of the ciliary muscle which controls the eye's lens. The weak muscle can't adjust the lens enough to see far distances, causing far-off things to be blurred. About one quarter of the adult population in the United States has myopia.
Myopia is usually caused by doing lots of "nearwork", like reading books or using a computer screen. Since the eye rarely has to focus on far distances, the muscle is rarely used and, as a result, becomes weak. The onset of myopia is usually around the pre-teen/teenage years, and can gradually worsen through adolescence, especially if glasses are prescribed. (Corrective lenses (e.g. glasses) do the ciliary muscle's work for it, making it even weaker.) Eventually during adulthood, myopia levels off.
There is evidence of a correlation between shared genetic material and myopia, leading some to believe it is inherited (this is an example of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy). However, other research disputes this. Studies done with Native American tribes found that before the introduction of widespread literacy, only the tribal records-keeper had myopia but none of the rest of the population. But after all children were taught to read, the percentage of children with myopia was approximately equal to that of the rest of America. The correlation can be explained by things like a tendency of people whose parents read a lot to read a lot themselves.
Myopia is measured in diopters, which is the combined power of the cornea and the lens needed to focus distant images correctly on the retina. Myopia of 6.00 diopters or greater is considered ''high'\', or severe, myopia. People with high myopia are at greater risk of more acute eye problems such as retinal detachment or glaucoma. They are also more likely to experience floaters.
Myopia can be cured through a variety of eye exercises, designed to stretch the ciliary muscle and bring it back to full strength. The most important of these exercises is called "pumping" and involves holding an object, like a pencil or finger, near to your face and practice switching your focus between it and an object in the distance.
Corrective lenses, such as spectacles or contact lenses are also often prescribed but, as noted above, these only make the condition itself worse (although they relieve the symptoms). It may also be corrected by refractive surgery, such as LASIK. The corrective lenses have a negative dioptric value (i.e. are concave) which compensates for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye.
One 2002 study suggested that it may be caused by over-consumption of bread in childhood.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Myopia."
Synonyms: ShortsightedSynonyms: ill-considered (adj), ill-judged (adj), improvident (adj), myopic (adj), short (adj), unforesightful (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Misjudgment | Adjective: misjudging; Verb: ill-judging, wrong-headed; prejudiced; Verb: jaundiced; shortsighted, purblind; partial, one-sided, superficial. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Shortsighted |
| English words defined with "shortsighted": Mope-eyed, Mopsical ♦ Poreblind. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Bulgaria | The first signs of recovery emerged when GDP grew in 1994 for the first time since 1988, by 1.4% and then by 2.5% in 1995. Inflation, which surged in 1994 to 122%, fell to 32.9% in 1995. During 1996, however, the economy collapsed due to shortsighted economic reforms and an unstable and decapitalized banking system. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Some hasty actions of the Congress during the past year--most recently in respect to Angola--were, in my view, very shortsighted. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | But a shortsighted America will soon find its words falling on deaf ears all around the world. |
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| "Shortsighted" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Shortsighted" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 48 | 49,194 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
shortsighted | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "shortsighted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | miop (mope-eyed, myopic, nearsighted), largpamës (clear-sighted, far sighted, far-seeing, longsighted, telescopic, visionary), dritëshkurtër (mope-eyed, myopic, nearsighted, purblind). (various references) | |
Chinese | 近視 (myopia). (various references) | |
Czech | krátkozraký (myopic, nearsighted, short-sighted). (various references) | |
French | qui manque de prévoyance, qui manque de perspicacité (short-sighted), myope (short-sighted). (various references) | |
German | kurzsichtig (myopic, nearsighted, near-sighted, nearsightedly, purblind, short-sighted, short-sightedly). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קצר ראי" (myopic, nearsighted), חסר מעוף (unimaginative). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cupat (bigoted, insufficient, petty, skimpy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 視野の狭い (narrow-minded). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しやのせまい (narrow-minded). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ortsightedshay.(various references) | |
Russian | близорукий (mope-eyed, myopic, nearsighted, near-sighted, short-sighted). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kratkovid (myopic, nearsighted, near-sighted, short-sighted). (various references) | |
Spanish | corto de vista (mope-eyed, nearsighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, weak-eyed). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shortsighted": shortsightedly, shortsightedness, shortsightednesses. (additional references) | |
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"Shortsighted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: shortshighted, shortsight. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shortsighted" (pronounced shô"rtsī"tud) |
| 5 | -s ī" t u d | cited, excited, incited, overexcited, recited, sighted, sited. |
| 4 | -ī" t u d | benighted, blighted, delighted, invited, knighted, lighted, disinvited, ignited, indicted, indited, reignited, reinvited, reunited, righted, slighted, unindicted, uninvited, United, unrequited, whited. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shouted, shunted, sifted, silhouetted, simulated, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-h-h-i-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: digestors, ghostiest, stodgiest, theorists. | |
-4 letters: digestor, distorts, egotists, ghostier, gorsiest, gothites, grodiest, hidroses, hitherto, hoisters, horsiest, resights, rightest, shortest, shorties, shortish, sighters, steroids, stodgier, strigose, theorist, thirsted, thorites. | |
-5 letters: dehorts, digests, digress, dissert, distort, dithers, dossier, dotiest, dotters, dottier, editors, egoists, egotist, eighths, ghettos, ghosted, girshes, girthed, goiters, goitres, goriest, gothite, gritted, grossed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-h-h-i-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: shortsightedly. | |
+4 letters: shortsightedness. | |
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