myopia

A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it.

Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

Short-sightedness; nearsightedness: the opposite of hypermetropia.

Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.

A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.

A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye’s faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred