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Meanings of shortsightedness in English

Portuguese
miopia
Catalan
miopia

(Ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.

      miopia
      Portuguese
      imprevidência
      Catalan
      imprevisió

      A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources.

          imprevidência
          Usage of shortsightedness in English
          1
          The rigour in England is mere puritanic hypocrisy, shortsightedness and racial self-esteem.
          Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)
          2
          For all his genius, he has his blind sides and his shortsightedness.
          The dream of perpetual motion
          3
          Samson's birth is a striking illustration of the shortsightedness of human beings.
          The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
          4
          But the Mozilla Crypto Group demonstrates the shortsightedness of that scheme, experts said.
          Wired
          5
          Of course, there is no denying the shortsightedness of the forces of rum.
          Nonsenseorship
          6
          I have had enough of their politics, enough of their shortsightedness.
          The First King of Shannara
          7
          Ever since, the Church had been trying to make up for its shortsightedness.
          Map of bones
          8
          Jeffries cursed himself loudly for his shortsightedness, for his overestimating her young strength.
          Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
          9
          That damned, stupid, bureaucratic shortsightedness... You say you're from Gladstone's office.
          The Hyperion Cantos
          10
          Farmers are accusing the Government of shortsightedness and ignorance over broadband in rural areas.
          Radio NZ
          11
          We owe it to future generations to fight this shortsightedness.
          The Irish Times
          12
          They, however, must suffer in a handicapped development, through the shortsightedness of their leaders.
          The Boy and the Sunday School / A Manual of Principle and Method...
          13
          After all, it was she he had to thank for rectifying his temporary shortsightedness.
          "Undo": A Novel
          14
          He in his shortsightedness, had in his mind the celebrated monk of the twelthcentury.
          Secret Enemies of True Republicanism / Most important developmen...
          15
          The Englishman in Germany often attributes German shortsightedness to the Gothic character of German print.
          William of Germany
          16
          I'm surprised I can still be shocked at the incompetence and shortsightedness of this government.
          The Guardian
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          Shortsightedness through the time