Lexic.us

Definition of Shortsighted

1. Adjective. Lacking foresight or scope. "Myopic thinking"

2. Adjective. Unable to see distant objects clearly.

3. Adjective. Not given careful consideration. "An ill-judged attempt"

Definition of Shortsighted

1. a. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

Definition of Shortsighted

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of short-sighted) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shortsighted

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortsighted

shortlistee shortlistees shortlisting shortlists shortlived shortly shortness shortness of breath shortnesses shortribs

shorts shortsheet shortsheeted shortsheeting shortsheets shortsighted (current term) shortsightedly shortsightedness shortstop shortstops

shortsword shorttail shorttail weasel shortwave shortwave diathermy machine shortwaved shortwaves shortwaving shortwing shortwings

Literary usage of Shortsighted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"Narrow and shortsighted Imperial Policy. ... but also from a narrow and shortsighted imperial policy which places every obstacle in the way of Industrial ..."

2. Mental Development and Education by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1921)
"If one is shortsighted the optician will grind a glass so that it will bend the rays of light before they enter the eye just enough so that when they pass ..."

3. Mental Development and Education by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1921)
"The only way the defects of sight which have been mentioned can be corrected is by the use of glasses. If one is shortsighted the optician will grind a ..."

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