Shortsighted: alternatives and connections

Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.

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Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.

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Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

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See Myopic, and Myopia.

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See Myopic, and Myopia.

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Not well judged; unwise.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted.

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Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.