shortsighted
unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
lacking in foresight: a shortsighted plan.
Origin of shortsighted
1Other words for shortsighted
Opposites for shortsighted
Other words from shortsighted
- short·sight·ed·ly, adverb
- short·sight·ed·ness, noun
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How to use shortsighted in a sentence
Had the doctor's wisdom been monstrous folly, and his prudence the blindest shortsightedness?
The Doctor's Family | Mrs. (Margaret) OliphantIn this, as in other things, we have a tendency toward smugness, shortsightedness and egotism.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictLove wasn't a sacred fluid held in a single vessel of alabaster; marriage didn't conveniently create shortsightedness.
Cytherea | Joseph HergesheimerBut instead of doing this, people follow the usual course of shortsightedness and make their private standpoint a universal one.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy | Joseph DietzgenThe shortsightedness of this policy will be apparent when one calculates that the ships were hired by the day.
Australia in Arms | Phillip F.E. Schuler
British Dictionary definitions for short-sighted
relating to or suffering from myopia
lacking foresight: a short-sighted plan
Derived forms of short-sighted
- short-sightedly, adverb
- short-sightedness, noun
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