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shortsighted

[ shawrt-sahy-tid ]

adjective

  1. unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  2. lacking in foresight:

    a shortsighted plan.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ǰsĻ· adverb
  • ǰsĻ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shortsighted1

First recorded in 1615–25
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But the study argues that neglecting the role of major earthquakes would be shortsighted.

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“The prior administration’s approach to protecting the Lake Powell outlet works by reducing releases from Lake Powell — rather than making infrastructure repairs and improvements — is shortsighted,” they wrote.

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Sure, Murphy just took home the award for grappling with the shortsighted calculations of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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Two US lawmakers have strongly condemned what they call the UK's "dangerous" and "shortsighted" request to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service.

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We had that for generations before shortsighted politicians took it away.

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