Shortsighted

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Nearsighted; myopic.
  • adj. Lacking foresight.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Alternative spelling of short-sighted.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See myopic, and myopia.
  • adj. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
  • adj. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
    • 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not given careful consideration
  • adj. lacking foresight or scope
  • adj. unable to see distant objects clearly
    • Equivalent
    imprudent    improvident   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heedless   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    United    benighted    blighted    cited    delighted   
    Same Context
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    selfish    impulsive    bigoted    pedantic    intolerant   
     
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