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    [Adjective]  | "short*sight*ed" | \ ˈshȯrt-ˌsī-təd \


    1: lacking foresight

    2: nearsighted


    Origin: 1622 ;

    [Adjective]  | "shortsighted" 


    1: able to see near things more clearly than distant ones;


      * e.g., " ... because she's so shortsighted, she's forced to wear her glasses every waking moment "





    2: not thinking about and providing for the future;


      * e.g., " ... shortsighted investors who failed to see that the boom couldn't last "





     [ "shortsighted" ]

    1:  dim-witted/dum/etc.

      * e.g.,  ...  "Anonymous is so shortsighted." 


     [ "shortsighted" ]

    2:  with bad distance vision: unable to see clearly objects that are far away.

      * e.g.,  ...  "Anonymous is so shortsighted." 

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