short-sighted
Example Sentences
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Now, as health officials and the travel industry cope with the fallout from the cruise outbreak, the lack of attention to hantaviruses appears short-sighted.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
However, its "prominence is being diminished by poor governance and short-sighted funding decisions", the committee's chairman Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Saleh calls it "short-sighted" that the city could lose its charm to sprawling concrete.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
It seems short-sighted to be so hostile to a group that represents the future of the church.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
After that she didn't play around with the soldiers any more but only with a few flat-footed, short-sighted young men in town who couldn't get into the army at all.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
