short-sightedness

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Etymology tree English short-sighted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English short-sightedness From short-sighted + -ness.

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: uzaqgörməzlik — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains
• Chinese Mandarin: 短視 /短视 (duǎnshì) — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains
• German: Kurzsichtigkeit — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains
• Spanish: cortoplacismo — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains
• Spanish: estrechez de miras — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains
• Spanish: falta de visión — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains
• Swedish: kortsiktighet — the propensity of a person to ignore long-term goals in favor of short-term gains