SHORT-SIGHTED


Meaning of SHORT-SIGHTED in English

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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