Definition of "short-sighted" [short-sighted]

• Nearsighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects. (adjective)
• Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight. (adjective)

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• "The commentary by communist China's official Xinhua news agency condemned the U.S. for what it called "short-sighted political wrangling," and said the world needs a new, stable global reserve currency."
• "They are of the gloomy, razor-bearing variety; full of short-sighted lies and prompt dishonesties, amusing always, but truculent and tricky; and the sunny sweetness which we all know in the Negro character is not there."
• "Normally due to short-sighted political expediency or a general lack of commitment to or knowledge of the free-market."