short-sightedly
adverb
(alsoshortsightedly)uk/ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪ.tɪd.li/us/ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd.li/short-sightedlyadverb(THOUGHT)
disapproving
in a way that does notthinkenough about how anactionwillaffectthefuture:
Short-sightedly, thecentralgovernmenthasreduceditscontributionsdramatically.
Theregimeshortsightedlypromotedtheformationof aworkforcesuitablefor only low-skilledjobs.
Opposite
farsightedly
- They short-sightedly usedtheirsavingstopaythebill.
- Thenewspaperspromptly(if short-sightedly)declaredit "The GreatestDayin History".
- Short-sightedly,perhaps, thearchitectsof theNHSdid notpredictthesurgeinvisitstoGPs.
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopia
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prissy
- prude
- prudish
- prudishly
- prudishness
- tunnel vision
short-sightedlyadverb(SIGHT)
mainlyUK(USusuallynearsightedly)
in a way thatshowsthat apersoncan onlyclearlyseeobjectsthat arecloseto them:
Aunt Emilyliftedtheblindandpeeredshort-sightedly at her through theglass.
Heblinkedshortsightedly at them, thenshookhisheadandconcentratedon thefoodagain.
- Helookedshort-sightedly about him again and thenrecognizedher in thecrowd.
- Sheleanedforwardandpeeredshortsightedly into thenight.
- Joesquintedshort-sightedly at theshapein thedimness.
- Shestaredshort-sightedly at thefadedwriting.
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- accommodative
- afterimage
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- astigmatic
- bespectacled
- bifocals
- boss-eyed
- dark glasses
- goggles
- macular degeneration
- monocular
- multifocal
- naked
- nearsightedly
- ophthalmology
- pince-nez
- snow blindness
- sty
- sunnies
Synonym
myopically