单词 | shortsighted |
释义 | shortsighted (once / 8306 pages) adj WORD FAMILY shortsighted: shortsightedly, shortsightedness USAGE EXAMPLES“But it is shortsighted to say it is the entire issue.” Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Regulators should aim to enable that vision — not to appease the hotel lobby or activists who shortsightedly favor preserving the status quo. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) And in a league plagued by such a shortsighted mentality, there’s no saving Reed from his toughness. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj unable to see distant objects clearly Syn|Ant myopic, nearsighted farsighted, presbyopic able to see distant objects clearly eagle-eyed, farseeing, keen-sighted, longsightedcapable of seeing to a great distance hypermetropic, hyperopicabnormal ability to focus of distant objects telescopiccapable of discerning distant objects 2adj lacking foresight or scope shortsighted policies shortsighted critics derided the plan Syn myopic, short, unforesightful improvident not provident; not providing for the future 3adj not given careful consideration Syn ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident imprudent not prudent or wise |
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