Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a short-sighted manner; hence, with lack of foresight or penetration.
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Examples
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Economic crisis has given the Treasury a stranglehold on Decc ministers' efforts to promote the green economy, and it is short-sightedly jeopardising the chances of Britain being a leading player in a field that can only grow.
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The real culprits are the industries that dump this and other pollutants into our drinking water sources, and the elected officials who are short-sightedly failing to fund our drinking and wastewater systems.
Wenonah Hauter: We're Blaming the Wrong People for Polluted Tap Water Wenonah Hauter 2011
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Bereft of his spectacles, he peered short-sightedly across at the Chancellor of the
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It woud be very short-sightedly to think about this crisis as only fiscal, or financial, or economical.
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Rubashov was still drying the sweat from the back of his head; he looked at them short-sightedly with sleepy eyes.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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Rubashov rubbed his pince-nez on his sleeve, and looked at him short-sightedly.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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Gus O'Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, and the rest of the bureaucratic establishment has short-sightedly opposed bringing in outside experts to bulk up PRT teams.
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Too often, politicians on the right, wrongly and short-sightedly, cede the moral high ground to the left.
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Gus O'Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, and the rest of the bureaucratic establishment has short-sightedly opposed bringing in outside experts to bulk up PRT teams.
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Too often, politicians on the right, wrongly and short-sightedly, cede the moral high ground to the left.
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