adj
Meaning 1
Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a short-sighted man
- a short-sighted person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
short-sighted
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adj
Meaning 2
Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- a short-sighted idea
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: uzaqgörməz — lacking foresight
- Azerbaijani: bəsirətsiz — lacking foresight
- Bulgarian: недалновиден (nedalnoviden) — lacking foresight
- Catalan: curt de mires — lacking foresight
- Dutch: kortzichtig — lacking foresight
- Finnish: lyhytnäköinen — lacking foresight
- German: kurzsichtig — lacking foresight
- Macedonian: кратковид (kratkovid) — lacking foresight
- Macedonian: кусоглед (kusogled) — lacking foresight
- Russian: близору́кий (blizorúkij) — lacking foresight
- Russian: недальнови́дный (nedalʹnovídnyj) — lacking foresight
- Slovak: krátkozraký — lacking foresight
- Spanish: cortoplacista — lacking foresight
- Swedish: kortsynt — lacking foresight
- Turkish: basiretsiz — lacking foresight
- Turkish: öngörüsüz — lacking foresight