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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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Zoom Out: Embrace the Bigger Picture Too often, our calculations are myopic—focusing only on direct costs and immediate returns.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Herod book doesn’t make her attitude about segregation less myopic and self-centered.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 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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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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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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The nearsighted construction worker, who doesn’t have vision insurance, said it’s been hard to find work recently and he’s had to prioritize other expenses.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Federal decision-makers will determine what is wasteful spending and what is worth paying for.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The reason Trump has acted so quickly and vigorously to eliminate wasteful spending, reduce the size of the federal workforce and deport criminal migrants is to force the courts to deal with the legal issues surrounding the president’s actions sooner rather than later.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Mar. 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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This reckless governance has fueled a housing affordability crisis.—
Chris Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
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 15 Apr. 2025.
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