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narrow-sightedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From narrow-sighted + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being narrow-sighted.
    • Those concerned with creating climates for change can ill afford narrow-sightedness. 1993, Judith A. Chafel, Child Poverty and Public Policy, page 11:
    • The events of universal history are not to be reckoned upon either by the short-sightedness of the Philistine or by the narrow-sightedness of the student. 1877, David Kaufmann, George Eliot and Judaism, page 17:
    • This narrow-sightedness is a real problem and can cause a team to lose focus because of perhaps fixed or ignorant views on a particular subject. 2019, The Batting Doctor, The Batting Doctors Cricket Team Wisdom: