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as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones
because she's so shortsighted, she's forced to wear her glasses every waking moment
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as in careless
not thinking about and providing for the future
shortsighted investors who failed to see that the boom couldn't last
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Recent Examples of shortsighted
Dismantling it is reckless and shortsighted, an abandonment of our leadership role when the world needs it most.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Scrutinizing one, federal workers, but not the other, federal contractors, is simply wrong and shortsighted.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.
—Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Sure, Murphy just took home the award for grappling with the shortsighted calculations of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Scrutinizing one, federal workers, but not the other, federal contractors, is simply wrong and shortsighted.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.
—Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Sure, Murphy just took home the award for grappling with the shortsighted calculations of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortsighted
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Minter and Kano fit into the good cop/bad cop roles pretty easily; Kano repeatedly dismisses Cameron’s ideas and insists on a legal name for Lump, still way too myopic in his thinking.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Conversational Prompting Be fluent and interactive when prompting while avoiding the myopic one-and-done mindset that many unfortunately seem to adopt when using generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Following the accident, the driver, a 61-year-old woman, was cited with careless driving and cooperated with investigators at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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She was cited with careless driving, the sheriff’s office said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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And people with at least four hours of daily screen time were twice as likely to be nearsighted than individuals with less screen time.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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And once people became nearsighted, screen time was tied to 54 percent higher odds that their myopia would get worse.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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DeSantis announced the new agency in February to expose and eliminate what officials deem wasteful spending by state agencies, colleges and universities, and local governments.—
Kathryn Varn,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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This increases your close rates, limits wasteful spending and adds efficiency to the post-sign-up process.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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This reckless governance has fueled a housing affordability crisis.—
Chris Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Now, as his reckless tariffs rattle markets and the stock market tumbles, the real cost of his policies is coming into view.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Going that route is improvident.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2022
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Unsurprisingly, Peter proves to be nasty, brutish and improvident.—
Joanne Kaufman,
WSJ,
2 Dec. 2022
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortsighted. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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