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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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The naive belief that resuming nuclear explosions would lengthen the United States’ lead evokes a long tradition of shortsighted thinking about the bomb, with politicians and pundits unable to plan more than one move ahead.
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Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2024
In light of the recent critical role played by and the financial burdens borne by the child care workforce during the COVID pandemic, this proposal by the governor is shortsighted and will be detrimental to Maryland’s youngest learners.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
This is how economic populism works: through the adoption of shortsighted policies that turn out to be highly damaging in the medium and long term.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2024
But the focus on whether one individual can or can’t perform a job, rather than on the nature of the job itself, is shortsighted.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2024
In light of the recent critical role played by and the financial burdens borne by the child care workforce during the COVID pandemic, this proposal by the governor is shortsighted and will be detrimental to Maryland’s youngest learners.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
This is how economic populism works: through the adoption of shortsighted policies that turn out to be highly damaging in the medium and long term.
—Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2024
But the focus on whether one individual can or can’t perform a job, rather than on the nature of the job itself, is shortsighted.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortsighted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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