Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shortsighted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a.
1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See {Myopic},
and {Myopia}.
2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
understand things deep; of limited intellect.
3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. --
{Short"sight`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Short"sight`ed*ness}, n.
Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shortsighted
adj 1: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem";
"shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided
the plan" [syn: {short}, {unforesightful}]
2: (ophthalmology) inability to focus on distant objects [syn:
{myopic}]
3: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-considered},
{ill-judged}, {improvident}]
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