Associations to the word «Shortsighted»

Wiktionary

SHORTSIGHTED, adjective. Alternative spelling of short-sighted

Dictionary definition

SHORTSIGHTED, adjective. Lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking".
SHORTSIGHTED, adjective. Unable to see distant objects clearly.
SHORTSIGHTED, adjective. Not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne