nearsighted

The definition of nearsighted is someone who clearly sees things that are close, but has difficulty seeing far away objects.

(adjective)

An example of someone nearsighted is a person who wears glasses in order to see the movie screen.

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See nearsighted in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having better vision for near objects than for distant ones; myopic

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See nearsighted in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Unable to see distant objects clearly; myopic.

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  • nearˈsightˌed·ly adverb

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