short-sighted

See also: shortsighted

English

Alternative forms

• shortsighted

Adjective

short-sighted (comparative more short-sighted, superlative most short-sighted)

1. Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
2. (figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.

Synonyms

• myopic
• near-sighted

Antonyms

• far-sighted
• long-sighted

Coordinate terms

• (lacking foresight): thoughtless

Translations

myopic — see myopic

lacking foresight

• Bulgarian: недалновиден (bg) (nedalnoviden)
• Catalan: curt de mires
• Finnish: lyhytnäköinen (fi)
• German: kurzsichtig (de)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} dallradharcach
• Macedonian: кратковид (kratkovid), кусоглед (kusogled)
• Russian: близору́кий (ru) (blizorúkij), недальнови́дный (ru) (nedalʹnovídnyj)
• Slovak: krátkozraký
• Spanish: cortoplacista
• Swedish: kortsynt (sv)
• Turkish: basiretsiz (tr), öngörüsüz

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989