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as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones
because she's so shortsighted, she's forced to wear her glasses every waking moment
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as in careless
not thinking about and providing for the future
shortsighted investors who failed to see that the boom couldn't last
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Recent Examples of shortsighted
By a heartless, shortsighted owner who just doesn’t get it.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
While traditional live performance made a brisk return beginning in the summer of 2021, a shortsighted industry strategy predicated almost solely upon steadily soaring ticket prices to fill the 2020 shortfall quickly began to irritate fans who correctly sensed a cash grab.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Israel reinforced the Palestinian rift through its divide-and-rule strategy, which has proved to be equally shortsighted and detrimental, as the October 7 attack has demonstrated.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024
Over the course of Anderson’s breakout feature, Royal, in his conniving and shortsighted way, does save his family from drowning in a catastrophe of their own making.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
While traditional live performance made a brisk return beginning in the summer of 2021, a shortsighted industry strategy predicated almost solely upon steadily soaring ticket prices to fill the 2020 shortfall quickly began to irritate fans who correctly sensed a cash grab.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Israel reinforced the Palestinian rift through its divide-and-rule strategy, which has proved to be equally shortsighted and detrimental, as the October 7 attack has demonstrated.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024
Over the course of Anderson’s breakout feature, Royal, in his conniving and shortsighted way, does save his family from drowning in a catastrophe of their own making.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortsighted
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From myopic confinement to the outer reaches of space, the view from Devil’s Island and French Guiana has spread significantly outwards.Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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The markets are often myopic and tend to extrapolate short-term trends for the long run.Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Their rounded faces, their piercings and makeup, their lateness and absences and profuse, careless apologies—their vulnerability was almost intolerable.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Michigan fire statistics The leading cause of fire deaths in 2024 through early December are careless smoking (46%), followed by heating (16%) and explosion (16%), a report by Michigan Fire Inspectors Society said.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
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With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
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Losers House Speaker Mike Johnson: The Louisiana Republican is facing fierce backlash and threats to his speakership next Congress over what hard-line conservatives characterize as wasteful pork barrel spending.Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
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But the incoming Trump administration has declared the tax credits wasteful spending, making their fate uncertain.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump’s stance on nuclear weapons has been one of obsessive and reckless bombast.Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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Sargeant was charged with two counts of first degree assault, two counts of first degree reckless endangerment, and several second degree counts for menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment, and disorderly conduct.Stepheny Price, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Going that route is improvident.Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022
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Unsurprisingly, Peter proves to be nasty, brutish and improvident.Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortsighted. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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