shortsighted : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shortsighted	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shortsighted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortsighted adj lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" Synonym(s): short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic unable to see distant objects clearly Synonym(s): nearsighted, shortsighted, myopic Antonym(s): farsighted, presbyopic not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" Synonym(s): ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a. 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See {Myopic}, and {Myopia}. 2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect. 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. -- {Short"sight`edly}, adv. -- {Short"sight`edness}, n. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.