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English Dictionary: shortsightedly by the DICT Development Group
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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`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Short"sight`ed*ness}, n.
  
                     Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.
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