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shortsightedness

noun as in improvidence

noun as in tunnel vision

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Example Sentences

Making people laugh was her revenge on society’s shortsightedness.

Demolition crews carried away the last of the century-old hotel in late summer, leaving a void across from Pennsylvania Station that reflects either progress or shortsightedness.

Instead of talking to Mike and sharing a passion with his son, which could influence his life differently, Fritz’s shortsightedness is the real tragedy.

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“We will see how long it will take for the U.S. government and its morally upright scientists to correct such mistakes and come around to see the bigger picture of human development, beyond petty-mindedness and shortsightedness,” he said.

Now, researchers from Japan have found a way to predict whether people with severe shortsightedness will have good or bad vision in the future.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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