Near-blind (Adjective)
Meaning
Having greatly reduced vision.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The patient was near-blind in one eye, forcing her to rely on her other eye for most of her daily activities.
- A lifetime of watching too much TV in the dark had left John near-blind, and he knew he had to start taking better care of his eyes.
- As a result of the accident, the elderly driver was now near-blind and unable to see anything beyond a few feet in front of him.
- Years of untreated cataracts had left Grandma near-blind, but fortunately, surgery was able to restore some of her vision.
- Mark had always been near-blind without his contacts, stumbling around his apartment in the mornings until he got a chance to put them in.