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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking foresight or scope;
- Example: "a short view of the problem"
- Example: "shortsighted policies"
- Example: "shortsighted critics derided the plan"
- Example: "myopic thinking"
[syn: short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic]

2. unable to see distant objects clearly;
[syn: nearsighted, shortsighted, myopic]

3. not given careful consideration;
- Example: "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"
- Example: "an ill-judged attempt"
[syn: ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a.
   1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
      and Myopia.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
      understand things deep; of limited intellect.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
      [1913 Webster] -- Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. --
      Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]

            Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shortsighted
    adj 1: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the
           problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics
           derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short,
           shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic]
    2: unable to see distant objects clearly [syn: nearsighted,
       shortsighted, myopic] [ant: farsighted, presbyopic]
    3: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
       often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn:
       ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident,
       shortsighted]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

103 Moby Thesaurus words for "shortsighted":
   asquint, astigmatic, authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind,
   blindfold, blindfolded, blink-eyed, blinking, blinky, borne,
   closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason,
   dim-sighted, fanatical, farsighted, hidebound, ill-advised,
   ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged,
   illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient, impolitic, imprudent,
   inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious,
   insensate, insensible, insular, irrational, little, little-minded,
   longsighted, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mind-blind,
   mindless, misadvised, misguided, mope-eyed, myopic, narrow,
   narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited,
   nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, poor-sighted,
   presbyopic, provincial, purblind, reasonless, reckless, senseless,
   small, small-minded, squinch-eyed, squint-eyed, squinting, squinty,
   strabismal, strabismic, straitlaced, stuffy, thoughtless,
   unadvised, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable,
   uncomprehending, unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing,
   ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive, unreasonable, unreflecting,
   unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound, unthinking,
   unthoughtful, unwise, winking, witless




Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "short-sighted":
   brash, careless, dim-sighted, heedless, impolitic, improvident,
   imprudent, impulsive, incautious, injudicious, limited, myopic,
   rash, reckless, thoughtless, unimaginative, unmindful,
   unprogressive, unthinking, unwary