Definitions

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  • noun normal use of the faculty of vision

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Examples

  • You're short sightedness is not my problem or the problem of anyone else for that matter.

    Beckwith on ID 2008

  • You're short sightedness is not my problem or the problem of anyone else for that matter.

    Beckwith on ID 2008

  • It could be impossible when the full range of human emotions are considered - of the biologically built in short-sightedness that helped our ancestors survive in an all 'natural' world, of the sociobiological interpretations that indicate that humans are designed to fluctuate between altruism and deadly hostility as mechanisms for survival.

    State of the nations III - Environment/Solutions 2009

  • Also a little near-sightedness is just fine considering he almost lost his sight to ROP or retinopathy of prematurity.

    20 « October « 2006 « Adventures in Juggling 2006

  • Also a little near-sightedness is just fine considering he almost lost his sight to ROP or retinopathy of prematurity.

    October « 2006 « Adventures in Juggling 2006

  • Also a little near-sightedness is just fine considering he almost lost his sight to ROP or retinopathy of prematurity.

    seeing clearly « Adventures in Juggling 2006

  • It could be impossible when the full range of human emotions are considered - of the biologically built in short-sightedness that helped our ancestors survive in an all 'natural' world, of the sociobiological interpretations that indicate that humans are designed to fluctuate between altruism and deadly hostility as mechanisms for survival.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • Yet it does demonstrate a certain short-sightedness and a lack of vision.

    Whirlpool.net.au 2009

  • It could be impossible when the full range of human emotions are considered -- of the biologically built in short-sightedness that helped our ancestors survive in an all 'natural' world, of the sociobiological interpretations that indicate that humans are designed to fluctuate between altruism and deadly hostility as mechanisms for survival.

    unknown title 2009

  • It could be impossible when the full range of human emotions are considered - of the biologically built in short-sightedness that helped our ancestors survive in an all 'natural' world, of the sociobiological interpretations that indicate that humans are designed to fluctuate between altruism and deadly hostility as mechanisms for survival.

    unknown title 2009

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