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long-sighted

[ lawng-sahy-tid, long- ]

/ ˈlɔŋˈsaɪ tɪd, ˈlɒŋ- /

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adjective

farsighted; hypermetropic.

having great foresight; foreseeing remote results.

Origin of long-sighted

First recorded in 1780–90

OTHER WORDS FROM long-sighted

long-sight·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby long-sighted

long-off, long-on, long-playing, long-range, long-run, long-sighted, long-standing, long-stemmed, long-sufferance, long-suffering, long-tailed cuckoo

Example sentences from the Web for long-sighted

It was the result of a chain of good decisions—wise, prudent, long-sighted, or, at the least, expedient choices.

Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space? |P. J. O’Rourke |June 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Suddenly I exclaimed to myself: 'I wonder if he is long-sighted?'

The Mystery of the Yellow Room |Gaston Leroux
In vain we oppose the selfishness of a long-sighted prudence to the selfishness of the hour.

The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) |Alexander Pope
It need be no discouragement to you that you are not as long-sighted as I am.

Lord Kilgobbin |Charles Lever

Clairfait was, at least, as long-sighted as myself; and nothing could exceed his despondency but his indignation.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. |Various
Suppose not one of the living or dead languages of mankind had so much as a word for "long-sighted" or "short-sighted."

A Short History of England |G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for long-sighted

long-sighted

adjective

related to or suffering from hyperopia

able to see distant objects in focus

having foresight

Derived forms of long-sighted

long-sightedly, adverb long-sightedness, noun