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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But excluding foreign energy altogether from a national energy security strategy is shortsighted.
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Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Every organization fires and reassigns personnel, but doing so based on time served rather than performance is shortsighted, particularly if workers later identified as essential cannot be quickly hired back.
—Mara Karlin, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2025
The cuts to the climate programs, Glackin says, are shortsighted.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
However, taking isolated and odious episodes like this and using them as a pretext to impose punitive legislative and regulatory punishments on the rest of the private-investment community is shortsighted and harmful to people’s health.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Every organization fires and reassigns personnel, but doing so based on time served rather than performance is shortsighted, particularly if workers later identified as essential cannot be quickly hired back.
—Mara Karlin, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2025
The cuts to the climate programs, Glackin says, are shortsighted.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
However, taking isolated and odious episodes like this and using them as a pretext to impose punitive legislative and regulatory punishments on the rest of the private-investment community is shortsighted and harmful to people’s health.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shortsighted
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortsighted. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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shortsighted
adjective
short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˈsīt-əd
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2
: showing a failure to think ahead : lacking foresight
a shortsighted policy
shortsightedly
adverb
shortsightedness
noun
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shortsighted
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short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˈsīt-əd
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