shortsighted
adjective
short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˌsī-təd 
1
: lacking foresight
2
shortsightedly
adverb
shortsightedness
noun
Examples of shortsighted in a Sentence
shortsighted politicians who only care about how they do in the next election
The plan was dangerously shortsighted.
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The city, entrenched in a staggering budget crisis, is planning to direct revenue from a private sale of its share of the Oakland Coliseum property toward its budget shortfall over the next two years — a move criticized by financial experts as a shortsighted use of long-term funds.
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
But their support for Trump could well prove shortsighted.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Biden’s climate plan is similarly shortsighted, relying on China to source critical minerals and renewable energy technologies while downplaying Beijing’s systemic human rights abuses and abysmal environmental record.
—Dan Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
Observers say the devaluing of the humanities and those who study literature and the arts by the tech industry is shortsighted – especially in an AI age.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
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Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
But their support for Trump could well prove shortsighted.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Biden’s climate plan is similarly shortsighted, relying on China to source critical minerals and renewable energy technologies while downplaying Beijing’s systemic human rights abuses and abysmal environmental record.
—Dan Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022
Observers say the devaluing of the humanities and those who study literature and the arts by the tech industry is shortsighted – especially in an AI age.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortsighted. Accessed 3 Jul. 2024.
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shortsighted
adjective
short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˈsīt-əd
1
2
: showing a failure to think ahead : lacking foresight
a shortsighted policy
shortsightedly
adverb
shortsightedness
noun
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shortsighted
adjective
short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˈsīt-əd
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