"short-sighted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more short-sighted [comparative], most short-sighted [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} short-sighted (comparative more short-sighted, superlative most short-sighted)
  1. Near-sighted; myopic; unable to focus on distant objects. Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-short-sighted-en-adj-52TaTNoq Disambiguation of Vision: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 24
  2. (figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight. Tags: figuratively Coordinate_terms (lacking foresight): thoughtless Translations (lacking foresight): недалновиден (nedalnoviden) (Bulgarian), curt de mires (Catalan), lyhytnäköinen (Finnish), kurzsichtig (German), кратковид (kratkovid) (Macedonian), кусоглед (kusogled) (Macedonian), близору́кий (blizorúkij) (Russian), недальнови́дный (nedalʹnovídnyj) (Russian), krátkozraký (Slovak), cortoplacista (Spanish), kortsynt (Swedish), basiretsiz (Turkish), öngörüsüz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-short-sighted-en-adj-iw1DjJ05 Disambiguation of 'lacking foresight': 6 94 Disambiguation of 'lacking foresight': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: myopic, near-sighted, shortsighted

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "lacking foresight",
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      "sense": "lacking foresight",
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      "sense": "lacking foresight",
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      "sense": "lacking foresight",
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      "sense": "lacking foresight",
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      "sense": "lacking foresight",
      "word": "krátkozraký"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking foresight",
      "word": "cortoplacista"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lacking foresight",
      "word": "kortsynt"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking foresight",
      "word": "basiretsiz"
    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking foresight",
      "word": "öngörüsüz"
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