Definition of shortsightedness Shortsightedness

/ʃɔˈɹtsajˈtɪdnɪs/ - [shortsaytidnis] -

We found 4 definitions of shortsightedness from 3 different sources.

What does shortsightedness mean?

Noun
shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
		improvidence
		providence the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence"
		imprudence a lack of caution in practical affairs
		prodigality, profligacy, extravagance dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
shortsightedness - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
		myopia, nearsightedness
		ametropia (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
		ophthalmology the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases