1
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
But American shipbuilding is in shambles, due to decades of shortsighted policies and neglect.
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Beyond the impact on the health of the affected recipients, multiple Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the cuts were shortsighted.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
In retrospect, this was probably shortsighted.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Beyond the impact on the health of the affected recipients, multiple Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the cuts were shortsighted.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
In retrospect, this was probably shortsighted.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortsighted
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That lack of balance — the last conservative on the council was in 2009 — has led to a myopic repeat of errors.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Modern Love used a photo of David Bowie in a long dress as his profile picture, and so the ingenuous, myopic Floyd expects a woman.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stewart’s successor, Mayor Bobby Sanchez, a Democrat, suspended Blogoslawski in February amid allegations of improprieties, including the careless handling of cash and the backdating of tax payments to avoid interest penalties.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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More likely the difference was in the turnover column – 15 for the Lakers, which led to 18 Houston points, including several errors that seemed careless and one sequence early in the fourth quarter at the offensive end in which the ball was flying all over the place.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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What if Timmy had damaged his eyesight to more accurately play the nearsighted Marty Mauser?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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The rise has continued so sharply that some projections suggest that by 2050, about half the world could be nearsighted.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2026
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That is, defining success and failure criteria early, testing assumptions quickly and containing any downside before commitment becomes wasteful.—
Kumar Rakesh Ranjan,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
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Feeling restless and reckless, Michael (LJ Benet) is drawn to a hard-rocking local band that is secretly a quartet of young vampires that is literally sucking the life out of the community.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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The vast majority of drivers stop speeding after one or two camera violations, but a small and extremely reckless group of super speeders flagrantly endanger themselves and everyone around them.—
Mike Flynn,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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So, yes, the judiciary can be a bulwark against improvident prosecutions.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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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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“Shortsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortsighted. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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