Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a.
1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
and Myopia.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
understand things deep; of limited intellect.
[1913 Webster]
3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
shortsighted
adj 1: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem";
"shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided
the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short, unforesightful,
myopic]
2: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: ill-considered,
ill-judged, improvident]
WordNet (r) 2.0
103 Moby Thesaurus words for "shortsighted":
asquint, astigmatic, authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind,
blindfold, blindfolded, blink-eyed, blinking, blinky, borne,
closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason,
dim-sighted, fanatical, farsighted, hidebound, ill-advised,
ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged,
illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient, impolitic, imprudent,
inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious,
insensate, insensible, insular, irrational, little, little-minded,
longsighted, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mind-blind,
mindless, misadvised, misguided, mope-eyed, myopic, narrow,
narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited,
nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, poor-sighted,
presbyopic, provincial, purblind, reasonless, reckless, senseless,
small, small-minded, squinch-eyed, squint-eyed, squinting, squinty,
strabismal, strabismic, straitlaced, stuffy, thoughtless,
unadvised, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable,
uncomprehending, unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing,
ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive, unreasonable, unreflecting,
unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound, unthinking,
unthoughtful, unwise, winking, witless
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "short-sighted":
brash, careless, dim-sighted, heedless, impolitic, improvident,
imprudent, impulsive, incautious, injudicious, limited, myopic,
rash, reckless, thoughtless, unimaginative, unmindful,
unprogressive, unthinking, unwary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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