short-sighted
Example Sentences
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It made me painfully aware of just how snobbish and short-sighted my perspective was.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Policywise, this idea is as short-sighted as they come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Saleh calls it "short-sighted" that the city could lose its charm to sprawling concrete.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Without naming the mayor directly, Landau rejected this strategy as short-sighted.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
“Our ancestors were so stupid and short-sighted that when the first reformers came along and offered to deliver them from those horrible emotions, they wouldn’t have anything to do with them.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
