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English Synonyms and Antonyms
short-sighted
Synonyms:
blind, dull, idiotic, imbecile, shallow, stolid, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligentAntonyms:
acute, astute, clear-sighted, crafty, cunning, discerning, discriminating, keen, knowing, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, subtile, subtle
Editors Contribution
shallow-brained
lacking imagination of foresight
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
short-sightedadjective
Synonyms:
myopic, near-sighted, unwise, impudent, indiscreet
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "short-sighted":
shortsighted, myopic, short-term, blinkered, blind, parochial
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
short-sighted
Synonyms:
Myopic
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4246 | blind | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#10283 | shallow | |
#13293 | dull | |
#35790 | parochial | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#59855 | myopic | |
#87130 | shortsighted | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#104497 | unintelligent | |
#143096 | stolid | |
#145676 | blinkered |
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It's no secret that Disney is releasing films like Black Widow directly onto Disney + to increase subscribers and thereby boost the company's stock price — and that it's hiding behind Covid-19 as a pretext to do so, but ignoring the contracts of the artists responsible for the success of its films in furtherance of this short-sighted strategy violates their rights and we look forward to proving as much in court.
They're all playing into the anger. We had a pretty successful year last year and Republican presidential candidates telling Republican voters that the Republican Congress is the problem I think is exceptionally short sighted.
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni:
Italy's government considers it short-sighted and dangerous to underestimate the Greek crisis.
We would be operationally and strategically short-sighted not to retain unique amphibious capabilities within the Navy and Marine Corps team.
We raise the cases of individuals like Liu Xiaobo, Xu Zhiyong, Gao Yu, Ilham Tohti, and Pu Zhiqiang, who are unjustly detained, china's increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly -- including their visa restrictions on American journalists -- are not only wrong ; they are short-sighted. She also criticized the draft foreign NGO law that China is considering, which she said would threaten.
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