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shortsighted

[shawrt-sahy-tid] / ˈʃɔrtˈsaɪ tɪd /


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Shortsighted policies advocated by anti-smoking groups make this perverse outcome increasingly likely.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2019

Shortsighted and stupid better describes a trend that cannot be seen as good for the long-term health of America's economy.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2011

Shortsighted people run greater risk of being run over by the traffic than those who have good eyes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortsighted planners with paper-thin budgets did compound the devastation of the Blitz.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortsighted, indeed, is that policy which places gold above manhood.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various




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