short-sighted
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈʃɔrtˌsaɪtɪd/
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- Governments tend to be short-sighted and limited, working in a crisis-oriented fashion.
- short-sighted view
This is a very short sighted decision making process.
- This is a very short sighted decision making process.
- Decisions that reflect humans biassed, messy, short sighted, yet often brilliant thinking.
- It's that kind of short sighted behavior that is destroying us.
- That would also be short sighted and naive.
- And there's been insufficient resistance to their short sighted simplistic calls.
- And here's what's so short sighted about these billionaires.
- But yes, currently, yes, it would sell, but it's not, it's, it's short sighted.
- Letting your supply chain collapse right now is very short sighted.
- Again, I'm not suggesting that there aren't people who are remarkably short sighted.
- And what happens is people get really short sighted.
- And under conditions of scarcity, we often make very short sighted decisions that are not good for us.
- And in the in the comic hero's journey, the initial goal is always something short sighted and soon to change.
- They fear that their stakeholders would be scared and all these things very short sighted.
Examples
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And under conditions of scarcity, we often make very short sighted decisions that are not good for us.
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As I have noted, discussions about increased productivity often focus on narrow and short-sighted output metrics.
Blog text (5) -
This is a very short sighted decision making process.
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It's so short sighted of a company to do that.
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A big mistake and very short-Sighted on their part.
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It's very short sighted and very selfish.
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It's that kind of short sighted behavior that is destroying us.
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Can the Prime Minister name a more damaging policy, a more short sighted policy than cutting investment in our future?
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To see learning as basically a tool for economic productivity and social stability is a short-sighted view.
Academic text (1997) -
It is short-sighted to ignore the long-term effects of climate change.
Synonyms
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5.2
Not thinking about the future or the later results of actions
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8.4
Not thinking about future problems when making plans or decisions
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9.1
Spending money without planning or saving for the future
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7.2
Unable to see or plan for the future
Not planning for problems that will happen in the future
Not planning ahead or thinking about the future
Antonyms
How Far-Sighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Short-sighted comes from the simple parts short ('not far') and sight ('seeing'), so it gives the picture of someone who can only see things close by and not far ahead. That's why calling a decision short-sighted means it does not think about the future or long-term results.