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far-sighted
adjective
- possessing prudence and foresight
- med of, relating to, or suffering from hyperopia
- See long-sightedanother word for long-sighted
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Derived Forms
- ˌfar-ˈsightedness, noun
- ˌfar-ˈsightedly, adverb
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Example Sentences
We are lucky that so many were, like Lange, smart, even-handed, and far-sighted.
How can we be so far-sighted as to miss the obvious things right before us?
On the surface, the bill sounds libertarian, albeit in a far-sighted Blade Runner sort of way.
To far-sighted philosophers, indeed, this was a state of things long foreshown.
The time would come when he would need a wide popularity, and with his cool far-sighted tactics he was already sowing its seeds.
"Certainly," returned that far-sighted woman, guessing what the family matters might be, and approving them.
Yet the effort of the magistrates during those six years was very far-sighted.
He had shown great valour in the engagement, and his far-sighted policy deserves to be remembered.
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