'Shortsighted' definitions:
Definition of 'shortsighted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic]
adjective
Unable to see distant objects clearly [syn: nearsighted, shortsighted, myopic] [ant: farsighted, presbyopic]
adjective
Not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted]
Definition of 'Shortsighted'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'shortsighted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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