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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
Simply put, letting these credits lapse is fiscally shortsighted and economically reckless.
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Brewster Bevis, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
The example of Canada, the seventh-largest owner of U.S. debt, illustrates why this approach is shortsighted, however.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Every weakness is a strength The NHL’s recent obsession with state tax rates is shortsighted.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 31 May 2025
But disruption for its own sake, absent a clear understanding of how care is delivered, is shortsighted.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Brewster Bevis, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
The example of Canada, the seventh-largest owner of U.S. debt, illustrates why this approach is shortsighted, however.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Every weakness is a strength The NHL’s recent obsession with state tax rates is shortsighted.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 31 May 2025
But disruption for its own sake, absent a clear understanding of how care is delivered, is shortsighted.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortsighted
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This myopic design crumbles under today’s dynamic combination of multicloud, the Internet of Things and edge AI.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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That myopic move sadly eliminated $243,000, or more than 20 percent, of KSDS’s annual budget.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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The 24-year-old man was charged with involuntary manslaughter, careless discharge causing death and a separate firearm charge, officials say.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Aug. 2025
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The plea deal dropped an additional charge of careless driving resulting in death from his case, court records show.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
2 Aug. 2025
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And people with at least four hours of daily screen time were twice as likely to be nearsighted than individuals with less screen time.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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And once people became nearsighted, screen time was tied to 54 percent higher odds that their myopia would get worse.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Tossing soap that’s only been used once seems wasteful.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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Each car needs multiple parking spots throughout the day, fueling demand for wasteful surface lots that contribute to flooding and the heat island effect and make neighborhoods less walkable and bikeable.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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With real pressure from Washington, Addis Ababa and the Tigrayan administration should be able to marginalize the reckless factions that are seeking to exploit the situation—and finally bring to heel the Middle Eastern powers that have for too long enjoyed free rein to meddle in the Horn of Africa.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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The main emphasis behind reintroducing car crushing, Easter said, is to deter future reckless drivers or, at least, make sure a particular car stays off the road.—
Caleb Lunetta,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Then, there’s the waste that results from improvident eating habits.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Going that route is improvident.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2022
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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortsighted. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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