shortsighted

shortsighted
    adj 1: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the
           problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics
           derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: {short},
           {shortsighted}, {unforesightful}, {myopic}]
    2: unable to see distant objects clearly [syn: {nearsighted},
       {shortsighted}, {myopic}] [ant: {farsighted}, {presbyopic}]
    3: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
       often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn:
       {ill-considered}, {ill-judged}, {improvident},
       {shortsighted}]
    

Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a.
   1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See {Myopic},
      and {Myopia}.
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   2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
      understand things deep; of limited intellect.
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   3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Short"sight`ed*ly}, adv. --
      {Short"sight`ed*ness}, n.
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            Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.
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103 Moby Thesaurus words for "shortsighted":
      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

    

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "short-sighted":
      brash, careless, dim-sighted, heedless, impolitic, improvident,
      imprudent, impulsive, incautious, injudicious, limited, myopic,
      rash, reckless, thoughtless, unimaginative, unmindful,
      unprogressive, unthinking, unwary