short-sighted

adj

1. (Medicine / Pathology) relating to or suffering from myopia

2. lacking foresight a short-sighted plan

short-sightedly adv

short-sightedness n

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short-sighted

adjective

1. near-sighted, myopic, blind as a bat Testing showed her to be very short-sighted.

2. imprudent, injudicious, ill-advised, unthinking, careless, impractical, ill-considered, improvident, impolitic, seeing no further than (the end of) your nose I think we're being very short-sighted.

Translations

short-sighted [ˈʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd] ADJ

1. (lit) → miope, corto de vista

2. (fig) [person] → miope, con poca visión(de futuro); [measure etc] → con poca visión(de futuro)

short-sighted [ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd] adj (also) (fig) (policy, decision) → miope

short-sighted → قصير النظر krátkozraký nærsynet kurzsichtig μυωπικός miope lyhytnäköinen myope kratkovidan miope 近視の 근시의 bijziend nærsynt krótkowzroczny míope близорукий närsynt ซึ่งมีสายตาสั้น miyop bị cận thị 近视的

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-sighted
crazy
do work
enlightened
farsighted
foolish
half-baked
ill-advised
ill-considered
ill-judged
improvident
Mope-eyed
Mopsical
myopia
myopic
narrow-minded
nearsighted
off-the-wall
Poreblind

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.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

And short-sighted writers admire his deeds from one point of view and from another condemn the principal cause of them.

The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context

And not only the long-eared and short-sighted fall upon their knees!

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

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