shortsighted

shortsighted
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shortsighted — may refer to: *Common sense *Myopia …   Wikipedia

  • shortsighted — index ill advised, ill judged, imprudent, misadvised Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • shortsighted — (adj.) also short sighted, 1640s, of eyesight; 1620s in the sense lacking foresight; see SHORT (Cf. short) + SIGHT (Cf. sight). Related: Shortsightedly; shortsightedness …   Etymology dictionary

  • shortsighted — [adj] unmindful of future consequences astigmatic, blind, careless, foolish, headlong, ill advised, ill considered, imperceptive, impolitic, impractical, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, myopic, nearsighted, rash, stupid, unsagacious, unwary; …   New thesaurus

  • shortsighted — [shôrt′sīt΄id] adj. 1. NEARSIGHTED 2. having or showing a lack of foresight shortsightedly adv. shortsightedness n …   English World dictionary

  • shortsighted — adj. shortsighted to + inf. (it was shortsighted of her not to make a reservation) * * * shortsighted to + inf. (it was shortsighted of her not to make a reservation) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • shortsighted — adjective 1. lacking foresight or scope (Freq. 4) a short view of the problem shortsighted policies shortsighted critics derided the plan myopic thinking • Syn: ↑short, ↑unforesightful, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • shortsighted — shortsightedly, adv. shortsightedness, n. /shawrt suy tid/, adj. 1. unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic. 2. lacking in foresight: a shortsighted plan. [1615 25] Syn. 2. unthinking, heedless, careless, improvident. Ant. 2. prudent. * * * …   Universalium

  • shortsighted — adjective shortsighted critics Syn: narrow minded, unimaginative, small minded, insular, parochial, provincial, improvident Ant: farsighted, imaginative …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • shortsighted — adjective Date: 1622 1. lacking foresight 2. nearsighted • shortsightedly adverb • shortsightedness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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