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A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
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shortsightedness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred [syn: myopia , nearsightedness ] [ant: hyperopia ] a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources [syn: improvidence ...
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n. (context pathology English) myopia
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic , and Myopia . Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect. Having little regard for the future; heedless. [1913 ...
Usage examples of shortsightedness.
The chief of the volunteer fire department said bluntly that his men should not have to bail out Bonita Vista because of their shortsightedness and stupidity but that they would have to, since a blaze would endanger the town and surrounding countryside.
For a century all the major oriental nations except Japan have been more or less in subjection, and the hysteria and shortsightedness of the various nationalist movements may be the result simply of that.
Since Humankind looked the Monolith in the face this authorless theory has been used to both excuse and justify our shortsightedness and shortcomings.
He remembers the barber's words: 'The contractors were building down to a price rather than up to a standard,' and he decries the shortsightedness.
His shortsightedness had taken away their one slim chance of escape.