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Recent Examples of shortsighted But that is shortsighted and surface level. Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Even though Moscow and Beijing are now closely aligned, it would be shortsighted to presume this alignment will be enduring given their past enmity and the potential for a future breakup. Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025 The rush to zero carbon premium energy is shortsighted because IMEA power plants will continue to operate for the community members that renew the contract. Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 While Wi-Fi is convenient, leaving yourself without a USB-C to Ethernet adapter for internet access is shortsighted. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shortsighted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortsighted
Adjective
  • The Intel catastrophe evinces the realization that a singular goal of Delaware’s Revlon standard has proven too myopic for the moment.
    Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • His most recent movie, Licorice Pizza, was an oft-gorgeous but almost myopic look at a Hollywood of yesteryear.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One careless click can expose your information.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Tom’s doomed desire for Vivien—and for her vanished twenty-first-century world—shows how people in the future may yearn for the past, though the past itself proves neglectful and careless of the future.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Other recommendations include avoiding reading in low light, maintaining a healthy distance from screens and books, and initiating early screening — especially in children of nearsighted parents, ideally by age 3.
    Oc Register, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Others struggle to see objects located too far away, rendering us nearsighted.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Examples of wasteful spending are legion, but here are three examples that immediately caught our attention.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Overall, this wasn’t a terrible episode, but having our heroes start in the UK and then end up in Spain in the first episode felt rushed and wasteful.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to the vehicular homicide charge, Inderjit Singh is facing three counts of reckless endangerment and not having a driver's license.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Salmo now faces a slate of charges, including second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, riot, and obstructing and hindering a police officer.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Then, there’s the waste that results from improvident eating habits.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • 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 Sep. 2025.

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