shortsightedly
adverb
(alsoshort-sightedly)us/ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd.li/ukshortsightedlyadverb(THOUGHT)
disapproving
in a way that does notthinkenough about how anactionwillaffectthefuture:
Shortsightedly, thecentralgovernmenthasreduceditscontributionsdramatically.
Theregimeshortsightedlypromotedtheformationof aworkforcesuitablefor only low-skilledjobs.
- They shortsightedly usedtheirsavingstopaythebill.
- Thenewspaperspromptly(if shortsightedly)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
- unthinking
shortsightedlyadverb(SIGHT)
mainlyUK(USusuallynearsightedly)
in a way thatshowsthat apersoncan onlyclearlyseeobjectsthat arecloseto them:
Aunt Emilyliftedtheblindandpeeredshortsightedly at her through theglass.
Heblinkedshortsightedly at them, thenshookhisheadandconcentratedon thefoodagain.
- Helookedshortsightedly 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
- eyestrain
- goggles
- macular degeneration
- monocular
- multifocal
- naked
- nearsightedly
- ocular
- ophthalmology
- pince-nez
- snow blindness
- sty
Synonym
myopically