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