short-sighted

adjective

1. relating to or suffering from myopia

2. lacking foresight

   a short-sighted plan

Other Word Forms

• short-sightedness noun
• short-sightedly adverb

Example Sentences

But GOP glee is short-sighted.

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"Rescinding the principles is short-sighted and will make the financial system riskier even as climate-related financial risks grow," Barr said in a statement.

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Meredith is long-winded and short-sighted, unable to take a hint, let alone relax.

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“Attacking California’s public intervenor program is a short-sighted attempt to scapegoat consumer advocates for what is clearly a national crisis,” Carly Fabian, senior insurance policy advocate with the group’s Climate Program, said in a statement.

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That’s short-sighted for America’s future prosperity, as this week’s news about the annual Nobel prize winners in the sciences shows again.

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