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.
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Having little regard for the future; heedless. [1913 Webster] -- Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. -- Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 With short sight; myopically. 2 In a manner that fails to consider the big picture or future effects of an action or decision.
Usage examples of "shortsightedly".
Swiftly following the alarm, there was a deafening chuffing and snorting like that of a steam engine: with a crash, the bush parted and Craig got his longed, for sighting as an enormous grey beast burst out onto the path not thirty paces ahead of him and, still uttering blasts of affronted indignation, peered shortsightedly over its long polished double horns for something to charge.
Ngaga is the pangolin, the scaly ant-eater, a small creature that resembles an armadillo, a nocturnal creature, which if caught out in daylight, scurries around like a bent and wizened old man pausing to peer shortsightedly at any small object in its path, then hurrying on again.