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English Synonyms and Antonyms
short-sighted
Synonyms:
blind, dull, idiotic, imbecile, shallow, stolid, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligentAntonyms:
acute, astute, clear-sighted, crafty, cunning, discerning, discriminating, keen, knowing, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, subtile, subtle
Editors Contribution
shallow-brained
lacking imagination of foresight
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
short-sightedadjective
Synonyms:
myopic, near-sighted, unwise, impudent, indiscreet
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "short-sighted":
shortsighted, myopic, short-term, blinkered, blind, parochial
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
short-sighted
Synonyms:
Myopic
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4246 | blind | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#10283 | shallow | |
#13293 | dull | |
#35790 | parochial | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#59855 | myopic | |
#87130 | shortsighted | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#104497 | unintelligent | |
#143096 | stolid | |
#145676 | blinkered |
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Amnesty International deputy director:
This is not just a Greek tragedy, but a Europe-wide crisis, it is unfolding before the eyes of short-sighted European leaders who prioritize securing borders over helping survivors of conflict.
If someone is going to run in a district like this based off of one vote on a person that lost the district, everyone who supports that type of mentality has literally given up the opportunity to win a seat and put someone in a spot that could actually fight for them and do what's right for the district, if their only issue is one vote, that's a pretty short-sighted mentality.
When you do that kind of analysis, you should realise you can't have a short-sighted view, maximising competition in order to minimise prices. There are other factors to take into account, quality, willingness to invest.
In cases that involve victims of corporate human rights abuses, business-versus-consumer cases, and family law -- in those cases, the party that has more financial resources may try to introduce arguments about which country should be hearing the case, and whether a UK court judgment can be enforced, i think that the Commission's being short sighted by treating this solely as a way to withhold a favor from the UK, because this doesn't just negatively affect the UK, it will affect EU nationals too.
They're all playing into the anger. We had a pretty successful year last year and Republican presidential candidates telling Republican voters that the Republican Congress is the problem I think is exceptionally short sighted.
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