shortsighted
adjective
short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˌsī-təd 
1
: lacking foresight
2
shortsightedly
adverb
shortsightedness
noun
Examples of shortsighted in a Sentence
shortsighted politicians who only care about how they do in the next election
The plan was dangerously shortsighted.
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However, taking isolated and odious episodes like this and using them as a pretext to impose punitive legislative and regulatory punishments on the rest of the private-investment community is shortsighted and harmful to people’s health.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
In my view, these cuts are dangerous and shortsighted.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
Two additional Trump executive orders this week would, in different ways, partly refill the swamp by expanding the remits of problematic agencies in shortsighted pursuit of glittery but temporary goals.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Congressional Democrats say the administration’s abrupt cancellation of HHS grants to states and localities worth tens of billions of dollars is shortsighted and harmful.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
In my view, these cuts are dangerous and shortsighted.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
Two additional Trump executive orders this week would, in different ways, partly refill the swamp by expanding the remits of problematic agencies in shortsighted pursuit of glittery but temporary goals.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Congressional Democrats say the administration’s abrupt cancellation of HHS grants to states and localities worth tens of billions of dollars is shortsighted and harmful.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shortsighted
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortsighted. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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shortsighted
adjective
short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˈsīt-əd
1
2
: showing a failure to think ahead : lacking foresight
a shortsighted policy
shortsightedly
adverb
shortsightedness
noun
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shortsighted
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short·sight·ed
ˈshȯrt-ˈsīt-əd
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