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/ʃˈɔrtsˈaɪtɪdnɪs/ Listen

Shortsightedness

noun

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred. Synonyms: myopia, nearsightedness.

A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources. Synonym: improvidence.

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"Shortsightedness" Quotes from Famous Books

... drama, based on the true principles of art, that was to be the envy of all nations; he was to drive from the stage the silly, childish plays, the "mirrors of nonsense and models of folly" that were in vogue through the cupidity of the managers and shortsightedness of the authors; he was to correct and educate the public taste until it was ripe for tragedies on the model of the Greek drama—like the "Numancia" for instance—and comedies that would not only amuse but improve and instruct. All this he was to do, could he once ...

— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... Looking back now over the events of the night, I can perceive that from that moment the gang who effected the murders and the robbery had me in their power, for they had completely succeeded in allaying my suspicions, and I can only plead in extenuation of my shortsightedness that Mehemet Ali himself, and the other gentlemen with whom I had been acquainted during the past month, were ...

— The Albert Gate Mystery - Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective • Louis Tracy

Words linked to "Shortsightedness" : extravagance, ophthalmology, wastefulness, imprudence, shortsighted, hyperopia, prodigality, waste, ametropia, providence, thriftlessness, profligacy, improvidence