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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a.
     1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
        and Myopia.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
        understand things deep; of limited intellect.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
        [1913 Webster] -- Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. --
        Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a.
     1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
        and Myopia.
  
     2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
        understand things deep; of limited intellect.
  
     3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. --
        Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. -- Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
  
              Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  shortsighted
       adj 1: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem";
              "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided
              the plan"; "myopic thinking" [syn: short, unforesightful,
               myopic]
       2: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
          often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: ill-considered,
           ill-judged, improvident]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  short-sighted
     a.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.
     alt.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shortsighted
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en short-sighted)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  short-sighted
     a.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.
     alt.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shortsighted
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en short-sighted)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  short-sighted
     a.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.
     alt.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shortsighted
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en short-sighted)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  short-sighted
     a.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.
     alt.
     1 near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking
  foresight.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shortsighted
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en short-sighted)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  short-sighted
     Englanti a.
     lyhytnäköinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shortsighted
     Engelska n.
     närsynt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Shortsighted /ʃˈɔːtsaɪtɪd/
  قصير النظر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/ 
  недалновиден
  lacking foresight

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːtsˈaɪtɪd/
  krátkozraký (přeneseně)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shortsighted /ʃˈɔːtsaɪtɪd/
  krátkozraký (přeneseně)
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/
  kurzsichtig 
     Synonym: shortsighted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shortsighted /ʃˈɔːtsaɪtɪd/
  kurzsichtig 
     Synonym: short-sighted
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːtsˈaɪtɪd/
  
  μυωπικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/ 
  lyhytnäköinen
  lacking foresight

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  short‐sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/
  myope

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  shortsighted /ʃˈɔːtsaɪtɪd/
  kratkovidan

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  short‐sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/
  miope

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  short‐sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/
  bijziend, kippig, kortzichtig

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  short-sighted /ˌʃɔ:tˈsaɪtɪd/ 
    krótkowzroczny (about sth - co do czegoś)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːtsˈaɪtɪd/
  míope

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  short-sighted /ʃˈɔːt sˈaɪtɪd/ 
  kortsynt
  lacking foresight

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shortsighted /ʃˈɔːtsaɪtɪd/
  1. miyop
  2. ileriyi göremeyen, basiretsiz.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌʃɔɹtˈsaɪtɪd/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃɔɹtˈsaɪtɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "shortsighted":
     asquint, astigmatic, authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind,
     blindfold, blindfolded, blink-eyed, blinking, blinky, borne,
     closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason,
     dim-sighted, fanatical, farsighted, hidebound, ill-advised,
     ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged,
     illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient, impolitic, imprudent,
     inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious,
     insensate, insensible, insular, irrational, little, little-minded,
     longsighted, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mind-blind,
     mindless, misadvised, misguided, mope-eyed, myopic, narrow,
     narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited,
     nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, poor-sighted,
     presbyopic, provincial, purblind, reasonless, reckless, senseless,
     small, small-minded, squinch-eyed, squint-eyed, squinting, squinty,
     strabismal, strabismic, straitlaced, stuffy, thoughtless,
     unadvised, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable,
     uncomprehending, unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing,
     ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive, unreasonable, unreflecting,
     unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound, unthinking,
     unthoughtful, unwise, winking, witless
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "short-sighted":
     brash, careless, dim-sighted, heedless, impolitic, improvident,
     imprudent, impulsive, incautious, injudicious, limited, myopic,
     rash, reckless, thoughtless, unimaginative, unmindful,
     unprogressive, unthinking, unwary
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 眼光浅

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 无远见的,近视的,目光短浅的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 无远见的,近视的,目光短浅的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  short-sighted
     n. 眼光浅

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