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- pronunciation:
- maI
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pi
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. (Cf. hyperopia.)
Because of her myopia, she needs glasses to see things at a distance. |
| definition 2: |
mental shortsightedness, or failure to perceive adequately or correctly some effect or consequence.
The problem could have been circumvented if not for the myopia of the politicians. |
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