Examples of 'shortsighted' in a sentence

Meaning of "shortsighted"

Shortsighted (adjective): Lacking foresight or an ability to see the potential consequences of actions. It refers to a limited perspective that focuses on immediate benefits rather than long-term impacts
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How to use "shortsighted" in a sentence

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Hope you are not as shortsighted as your brother.
He believed segregated schools were unbecoming and shortsighted.
Not as shortsighted as getting between me and my donuts.
That i think it would be shortsighted not to consider.
Xena mentally cursed herself for being so shortsighted.
This is the shortsighted failings of sinful people.
I can not fault you for being shortsighted.
Cause you are too shortsighted to comprehend it.
But really the cuts were very shortsighted.
He was very shortsighted and squinted continually.
To alienate them would be shortsighted and weak.
Shortsighted are the social climbers.
But this would be shortsighted and obtuse.
The interrogations thus come across as shortsighted.
But killing seems rather shortsighted and counterproductive.

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I wish people would stop being so shortsighted.
It was shortsighted of him to go after his husband.
But that may prove to be a shortsighted reaction.
It would be shortsighted to condemn it as the work of the devil.
We can not afford to be shortsighted right now.
Shortsighted and very genuine racism.
It is cruel for them and shortsighted for us.
Such a shortsighted policy would inevitably be doomed to failure.
All other solutions will be shortsighted ones.
This shortsighted view will be the death of us all.
Perspective may seem somewhat shortsighted given.
Humans are shortsighted and could be hurtling towards extinction.
Our vision for the future is shortsighted.
But these are shortsighted approaches.
You have always been this shortsighted.
This is a lazy and shortsighted way of motivating people.
So whoever that was was maybe a little shortsighted.
That was very shortsighted of you.
This interpretation has proved to be fallacious and shortsighted.
You can not be that shortsighted and stupid.
Many activists now admit their demands were shortsighted.
That is obviously a very shortsighted and stupid thought.
I would be there still if they had not been so shortsighted.
I am very shortsighted and have stuck with glasses.
But this thinking is tremendously shortsighted.
A little shortsighted on your part.
Then i have no problem because i am shortsighted.
With our shortsighted eyes.
By modern standards this material is shortsighted.
You are a shortsighted little man.
Your behavior was impulsive and shortsighted.
Impatience means to be shortsighted as to not be able to see the outcome.
Your havior was impulsive and shortsighted.
You are disappointed by the shortsighted views of many of your contemporaries.
To choose one or the other seems a little shortsighted.

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