Synonyms for shortsighted
ˈʃɔrtˈsaɪ tɪdshort·sight·ed

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1. short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopicadjective

   lacking foresight or scope

   "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"

   Synonyms:
   ill-considered, ill-judged, poor, short(p), brusk, unforesightful, curt, improvident, unretentive, nearsighted, myopic, short, scant(p), inadequate, light, brusque, little, forgetful

   Antonyms:
   provident, prudent

2. nearsighted, shortsighted, myopicadjective

   unable to see distant objects clearly

   Synonyms:
   ill-considered, myopic, short, nearsighted, ill-judged, improvident, unforesightful

   Antonyms:
   provident, prudent

3. ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsightedadjective

   not given careful consideration

   "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"

   Synonyms:
   ill-considered, myopic, short, nearsighted, ill-judged, improvident, unforesightful

   Antonyms:
   prudent, provident

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortsighted":

   short-sighted, myopic, blinkered, short-term

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1. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   I think it would be shortsighted to reduce the relationship between our two countries to just one issue.

2. Kevin McCarthy:

   Given the political misdirections that have marred this process, given the now duplicative and potentially counterproductive nature of this effort, and given the Speaker's shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I can not support this legislation.

3. Laurence Boone:

   We are very concerned that many lessons have not been learned from recent experiences and the news about the omicron variant may actually be a reminder of how shortsighted that failure has been.

4. Steny Hoyer:

   No matter how hard the President of the United States works, if one party is determined, for political reasons, to oppose something because it would give a success or a victory to the President of the United States, that is very shortsighted and harms the country, you're not harming Joe Biden personally. What you're harming is the country.

5. Ryan Wiggins:

   I think it's interesting that Ted Cruz would harm someone that is trying to help the party right now, politics is playing a long game, and that's a very, very shortsighted view of a long game.