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Antonyms for shortsighted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : shawrt-sahy-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɔrtˈsaɪ tɪd



Definition of shortsighted

  • adj unmindful of future consequences
Example sentences :
  • We know we are shortsighted and sometimes blind, and that the fight is often hopeless.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • Nature, shortsighted and impatient, can deal with the seen and the present only.
  • Extract from : « Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews » by Handley C.G. Moule
  • As far as I could see, he was looking straight at me, and he was not a shortsighted man.
  • Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • And if there wa'n't zipp and scream to it, then I'm shortsighted in the eyes.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
  • It is shortsighted action to deal with the kidneys alone in this trouble.
  • Extract from : « Papers on Health » by John Kirk
  • His attitude towards the French Canadians was prejudiced and shortsighted.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Dominion » by Oscar D. Skelton
  • But this was a shortsighted conclusion, unworthy the wisdom of a Pope.
  • Extract from : « The Makers of Modern Rome » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  • His action was injudicious, it was impulsive, it was shortsighted; but it was honest.
  • Extract from : « Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas » by W. J. Henderson
  • Should you consider me mistaken or shortsighted, I cannot help it.
  • Extract from : « John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves » by John Ronge
  • The shortsighted worldly folk are verily the real renunciates!
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda

Synonyms for shortsighted

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