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Webster 1913 Edition


Shortsighted

Short′sightˊed

,
Adj.
1.
Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See
Myopic
, and
Myopia
.
2.
Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
3.
Having little regard for the future; heedless.
Short′sightˊed-ly
,
adv.
Short′sightˊed-ness
,
Noun.
Cunning is a kind of
shortsightedness
.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shortsighted

SHORT'SIGHTED

,
Adj.
[short and sight.]
1. Not able to see far; having limited vision; in a literal sense.
2. Not able to look far into futurity; not able to understand things deep or remite; of limited intellect.

Definition 2024


shortsighted

shortsighted

See also: short-sighted

English

Adjective

shortsighted (comparative more shortsighted, superlative most shortsighted)

  1. Alternative spelling of short-sighted

Antonyms