shortsighted

Speech parts

1. shortsighted - Adjective

2. shortsighted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.

Having little regard for the future; heedless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

short myopic nearsighted improvident ill-judged ill-considered unforesightful indiscreet blind provincial stupid immature foolish rash careless
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Antonyms

farsighted provident average accepted acquired approved
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Examples

Neutrality has increasingly become obsolete and, except under very exceptional circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception. John Foster Dulles

Of late, attempts have been made in the USA - at a high level and in a rather cynical form - to play the "Chinese card" against the USSR. This is a shortsighted and dangerous policy. Leonid Brezhnev

The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views. Greg Ginn

The other boys at Yale came from wealthy families, and none of them were investing outside the United States, and I thought, 'That is very egotistical. Why be so shortsighted or near-sighted as to focus only on America? Shouldn't you be more open-minded? John Templeton

Like all power seekers, Pae was amazingly shortsighted. There was a trivial, abortive quality to his mind, it lacked depth, affect, imagination. It was, in fact, a primitive instrument. Ursula K. Le Guin

All I'm saying is that it's shortsighted to blame TV. It's simply another symptom. TV didn't invent our aesthetic childishness here any more than the Manhattan Project invented aggression. David Foster Wallace

Close letter words and terms

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