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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
While traditional live performance made a brisk return beginning in the summer of 2021, a shortsighted industry strategy predicated almost solely upon steadily soaring ticket prices to fill the 2020 shortfall quickly began to irritate fans who correctly sensed a cash grab.
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Jim Ryan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Israel reinforced the Palestinian rift through its divide-and-rule strategy, which has proved to be equally shortsighted and detrimental, as the October 7 attack has demonstrated.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024
Over the course of Anderson’s breakout feature, Royal, in his conniving and shortsighted way, does save his family from drowning in a catastrophe of their own making.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
And, these shortsighted decisions make our workplaces less safe and less inclusive for hard-working Americans.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
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Jim Ryan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Israel reinforced the Palestinian rift through its divide-and-rule strategy, which has proved to be equally shortsighted and detrimental, as the October 7 attack has demonstrated.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024
Over the course of Anderson’s breakout feature, Royal, in his conniving and shortsighted way, does save his family from drowning in a catastrophe of their own making.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
And, these shortsighted decisions make our workplaces less safe and less inclusive for hard-working Americans.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortsighted
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Such nuance can escape state highway engineers trained with a myopic focus on vehicle speed.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Washington, to his eternal credit, told his myopic fanboys to go pound sand.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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The female driver, whose name has not been released, was charged with careless driving causing injury, according to WPBF and WFOR-TV.Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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If companies are careless, AI will replicate the same biases as human decision-making.Dr. Vic Baker, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
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With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
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Replacing drugs that are still effective is wasteful and expensive.Keren Landman, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Holmes likes the sharp stainless steel blades and the overall design which is a little less wasteful than most other disposables.Marci Robin, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
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Coy was found guilty by a jury on all three counts: murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault.Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Besides murder, the jury also found Coy guilty of felonious assault and reckless homicide.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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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 21 Nov. 2024.
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