short-sighted

See also: shortsighted

English

Alternative forms

• shortsighted

Pronunciation

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Adjective

short-sighted (comparative more short-sighted, superlative most short-sighted)

1. Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.

   a short-sighted man

   a short-sighted person

3. (figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.

   a short-sighted idea

   • 2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48:

     The line used to continue to Ilfracombe, but that was closed in 1970 - another short-sighted decision that is still rued today.

Synonyms

• myopic
• near-sighted

Antonyms

• far-sighted
• long-sighted

Coordinate terms

• (lacking foresight): thoughtless

Derived terms

• short-sightedly
• short-sightedness

Translations

myopic — see myopic

lacking foresight

• Azerbaijani: uzaqgörməz, bəsirətsiz
• Bulgarian: недалновиден (bg) (nedalnoviden)
• Catalan: curt de mires
• Dutch: kortzichtig (nl)
• Finnish: lyhytnäköinen (fi)
• German: kurzsichtig (de)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} dallradharcach
• Macedonian: кратковид (kratkovid), кусоглед (kusogled)
• Russian: близору́кий (ru) (blizorúkij), недальнови́дный (ru) (nedalʹnovídnyj)
• Slovak: krátkozraký
• Spanish: cortoplacista
• Swedish: kortsynt (sv)
• Turkish: basiretsiz (tr), öngörüsüz

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “short-sighted”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.