astigmatic

as in myopic

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Recent Examples of astigmatic To prevent such astigmatic visions of diversity, always start with a cyclopedic, unflinching, clear-eyed look at the most detailed statistical data on basic identity representation — and build on that as the only solid foundation for true equity and inclusion. Susan Harmeling, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
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Adjective
  • Minter and Kano fit into the good cop/bad cop roles pretty easily; Kano repeatedly dismisses Cameron’s ideas and insists on a legal name for Lump, still way too myopic in his thinking.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Conversational Prompting Be fluent and interactive when prompting while avoiding the myopic one-and-done mindset that many unfortunately seem to adopt when using generative AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And people with at least four hours of daily screen time were twice as likely to be nearsighted than individuals with less screen time.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • And once people became nearsighted, screen time was tied to 54 percent higher odds that their myopia would get worse.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • However, taking isolated and odious episodes like this and using them as a pretext to impose punitive legislative and regulatory punishments on the rest of the private-investment community is shortsighted and harmful to people’s health.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In my view, these cuts are dangerous and shortsighted.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Astigmatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astigmatic. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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