short-sighted
adjective (THOUGHT) /ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪ.tɪd/
/ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd/ disapprovingDefinition
C2 not thinking enough about how an action will affect the future: It's very short-sighted of the government not to invest in technological research.Narrow-minded short-sightedness /-nəs/ noun [U] (US also nearsightedness)
(Definition of short-sighted adjective (THOUGHT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be set in your ways idiom
- be wearing blinkers idiom
- blinkered adjective
- hidebound adjective
- illiberal adjective
- insular adjective
- intolerance noun
- intolerant adjective
- narrow-minded adjective
- parochial adjective (LIMITED)
- petty adjective
- prim adjective
- prude noun
- small-minded adjective
- strait-laced adjective
- tunnel vision noun (THINKING)
- unreconstructed adjective
- unthinking adjective
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