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short-sighted

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short-sighted
Adjective
1. unable to see faraway things clearly
2. not taking likely future developments into account: a short-sighted approach to the problem
short-sightedness n
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short-sighted
adjective 1. near-sighted, myopic, blind as a bat
adjective 2. imprudent, injudicious, ill-advised, unthinking, careless, impractical, ill-considered, improvident, impolitic, seeing no further than (the end of) your nose
Translations
short-sighted [ʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd] adj (BRIT) → miope, corto de vista;
(fig) → imprudente
short-sighted [ʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd] short adj (Brit) → myope (fig); qui manque de clairvoyance
short-sighted [ʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd] short (Brit) adj (lit, fig) → kurzsichtig
short-sighted [ʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd] adj (BRIT) → miope;
(fig) → poco avveduto/a


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It is very probable that, had the Battle of Salamis never been fought, the face of the world would have been much as we behold it now, fashioned by the mediocre inspiration and the short-sighted labours of men.
And short-sighted writers admire his deeds from one point of view and from another condemn the principal cause of them.
And not only the long-eared and short-sighted fall upon their knees!
 
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