Shortsighted

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  • adjective. Nearsighted; myopic.
  • adjective. Lacking foresight.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Alternative spelling of short-sighted.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "Selfish and shortsighted is to underinvest on infrastructure."
    Equivalent
    improvident  imprudent  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    United  benighted  blighted  cited  delighted  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amoral  avaricious  bigoted  bumble  chauvinistic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    asquint  astigmatic  authoritarian  bigot  bigoted  
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