Short-sighted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shortsighted
       adj 1: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem";
              "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided
              the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: {short}, {unforesightful},
               {myopic}]
       2: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
          often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-considered},
           {ill-judged}, {improvident}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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