shortsighted

[ shawrt-sahy-tid ]

adjective

1. unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
2. lacking in foresight:

   a shortsighted plan.

   Synonyms: improvident, careless, heedless, unthinking

   Antonyms: prudent

Other Words From

• shortsighted·ly adverb
• shortsighted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of shortsighted¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

“Given the Speaker’s shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I cannot support this legislation,” a statement from his office concluded, in a talking point that McCarthy also raised on Wednesday.

From Vox

The shortsighted practice of stopping all fire, experts say, is no longer an option.

From Washington Post

He wasn’t the first egg and wasn’t the last to be so shortsighted.

From Washington Post

I wonder if that is because vendors like Substack and Revue want to promote their subscription model, but if so that is shortsighted.

From TechCrunch

With a business to run and employees’ livelihoods to consider, I would have been shortsighted to simply wait on the sidelines and hope for the best.

From Quartz

But the response from prominent Jewish groups and leaders has been shortsighted.

From The Daily Beast

By Friday morning in Washington, that assessment looked shortsighted.

From The Daily Beast

Others end up being very shortsighted and simply buy all the items they need for dinner and nothing more.

From The Daily Beast

That's a pretty shortsighted approach to music, historically speaking.

From The Daily Beast

Conservatives attacking Baldwin for his latest fit of (justified) anger are being small-time and shortsighted.

From The Daily Beast

The Seneschal peered at him curiously through shortsighted eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a fair-faced, blue-eyed young man, very shortsighted, with a faint lisp and an effeminate air.

From Project Gutenberg

The overthrow of Marlborough effected an object quite unlooked for by his eager and shortsighted enemies.

From Project Gutenberg

It becomes us, shortsighted and fallible as we are, to deal cautiously and tenderly with the memory of the illustrious departed.

From Project Gutenberg

Although I am rather shortsighted, I foresee great calamities in the future.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• foolish
• ill-advised
• ill-considered
• impractical
• imprudent
• myopic
• stupid