poor vision
Can't see clearly
Poor vision is eyesight that falls below normal, whether from refractive errors like nearsightedness or from disease, injury, or aging.
The term covers a range from mild impairment correctable with glasses to severe deficits approaching blindness: Poor vision kept him from driving at night.
In figurative use, poor vision suggests inability to see consequences or opportunities clearly.
- blurryIndistinct, lacking definition
- squintingNarrowing eyes to see
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
- corrective lensesOptical devices fixing sight
- nearsightedPoor distance vision
farsighted · fuzzy · hazy · strain · eye strain · headache · eye exam · optometrist · contacts · prescription · reading · dim · night blindness · unfocused · myopia · astigmatism · blindness · legally blind
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- vision typesnearsightedness, nearsighted, farsightedness, farsighted, blind
- health problemsdisease, cancer, diabetes, illness, heart disease
- ailmentsache, aches, ailment, cold, flu
poor, poorly, poorer, poorest, poorness, impoverish, impoverished, impoverishment, poverty