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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Shortsighted

/shôr'-tsīt'-ĭd/ · Short·sight·ed · IPA /ʃˈɔrtsˈaɪtɪd/
01 a. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.
  1. 1.
    Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia. See: Myopic, Myopia
  2. 2.
    Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.
  3. 3.
    Having little regard for the future; heedless.
    “Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness.” — Addison.