short-sightedly
adverb/ˌʃɔːt ˈsaɪtɪdli/
/ˌʃɔːrt ˈsaɪtɪdli/
- without thinking carefully about the possible effects of something or what might happen in the future
- The government has short-sightedly dropped this measure from its legislative programme.
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- (especially British English) without being able to see clearly things that are not very close to you
- He peered short-sightedly out at them.
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