also shortsighted
1.
If you are short-sighted , you cannot see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use near-sighted )
Testing showed her to be very short-sighted.
≠ long-sighted
ADJ
• short-sightedness
Radical eye surgery promises to cure short-sightedness.
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2.
If someone is short-sighted about something, or if their ideas are short-sighted , they do not make proper or careful judgments about the future.
Environmentalists fear that this is a short-sighted approach to the problem of global warming...
ADJ
• short-sightedness
The government now recognises the short-sightedness of this approach.
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