Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Nearsighted; myopic.
  • adjective Lacking foresight.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having distinct vision only when the object is near; near-sighted; myopic.
  • Not able to look far into futurity; of limited intellect; not able to discern remoter consequences or results; not gifted with foresight.
  • Proceeding from or characterized by a want of foresight: as, a short-sighted plan.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See myopic, and myopia.
  • adjective Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
  • adjective Having little regard for the future; heedless.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative spelling of short-sighted.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not given careful consideration
  • adjective lacking foresight or scope
  • adjective unable to see distant objects clearly

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Examples

  • But for whatever reason, either archaic moral relativism or in the name of shortsighted Realpolitik, we don't act.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • But for whatever reason, either archaic moral relativism or in the name of shortsighted Realpolitik, we don't act.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • But for whatever reason, either archaic moral relativism or in the name of shortsighted Realpolitik, we don't act.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • But for whatever reason, either archaic moral relativism or in the name of shortsighted Realpolitik, we don't act.

    Felix Marquardt: Intolerable Excuses Felix Marquardt 2011

  • Selfish and shortsighted is to underinvest on infrastructure.

    Matthew Yglesias » Jindal’s Debt Analogy 2009

  • Surely, precisely the wrong response would be to permit those frustrations to boil over in shortsighted approaches-protectionism, defaults, and inflation-that could only aggravate the situation, undermine the progress that has been achieved, and set back prospects for years to come.

    The World Economy 1985

  • I would call it shortsighted, Mr. Obama said to applause from an audience of mostly young people.

    At Facebook Town Hall, Obama Goes on Offensive Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

  • Pahad described as shortsighted a decision by Europe to withdraw from a planned European Union (EU) - African Union (AU) summit due to have taken place in April.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • The ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted; the pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while the pediatricians said, "Oh, grow up!"

    BeyeNETWORK Content 2009

  • The ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted; the pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while the pediatricians said, "Oh, grow up!"

    BeyeNETWORK Content 2009

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