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narrow-sightedness

narrow-sightedness noun: the quality of being narrow-sighted.

Noun

narrow-sightedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being narrow-sighted.
    • 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
    • Those concerned with creating climates for change can ill afford narrow-sightedness.1993, Judith A. Chafel, Child Poverty and Public Policy, page 11

Origin of narrow-sightedness

From narrow-sighted + -ness.

Questions about narrow-sightedness

What does narrow-sightedness mean?
Narrow-sightedness means the quality of being narrow-sighted.
What part of speech is narrow-sightedness?
Narrow-sightedness is a noun.

Words near narrow-sightedness in the dictionary

  1. narrow-mindednesses
  2. narrow-nosed rhino
  3. narrow-nosed rhinoceros
  4. narrow-nosed rhinos
  5. narrow-sighted
  6. narrow-sightedness
  7. narrow-souled
  8. narrow-spectrum
  9. narrow-width effect
  10. narrow-width effects
  11. narrow-winged tree cricket

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