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short-sighted

short-sight·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shawrt sahy-tid]
    • /ʃɔrt ˈsaɪ tɪd/
    • /ʃɔːt ˈsaɪ.tɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shawrt sahy-tid]
    • /ʃɔrt ˈsaɪ tɪd/

Definitions of short-sighted word

  • adjective short-sighted unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic. 1
  • adjective short-sighted lacking in foresight: a shortsighted plan. 1
  • adjective short-sighted If you are short-sighted, you cannot see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes. 0
  • adjective short-sighted If someone is short-sighted about something, or if their ideas are short-sighted, they do not make proper or careful judgments about the future. 0
  • adjective short-sighted relating to or suffering from myopia 0
  • adjective short-sighted lacking foresight 0
See all 6 definitions of short-sighted

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Origin of short-sighted

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Short-sighted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Short-sighted

short-sighted popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for short-sighted

adj short-sighted

  • birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
  • boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
  • cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
  • cockamamy — ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
  • crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.

adverb short-sighted

  • idiotic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.

adjective short-sighted

  • nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • nerdy — Slang. of or like a nerd.
All 19 Synonyms of short-sighted

Antonyms for short-sighted

adjective short-sighted

  • farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
Just one Antonym for short-sighted

Top questions with short-sighted

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