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say it: SHAWRT-sahy-tid
shortsighted is an adjective meaning "lacking foresight or scope". It carries 3 recorded senses.
lacking foresight or scope
“a short view of the problem”
“shortsighted policies”
“shortsighted critics derided the plan”
“myopic thinking”
unable to see distant objects clearly
not given careful consideration
“ill-considered actions often result in disaster”
“an ill-judged attempt”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shortsighted come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.