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short-sighted [Brit ʃɔːtˈsʌɪtɪd, Am ˌʃɔrtˈsaɪdəd] ADJ

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1. short-sighted lit:

short-sighted

short-sighted people

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short-sighted, myopic spec

short-sighted person

miraud (miraude)

shortsighted

avoir une légère/forte myopie

to be slightly/very short-sighted

être affecté d'une légère surdité/myopie

to be slightly deaf/short-sighted

avoir la vue courte lit, fig

to be short-sighted

avoir la vue basse ou courte lit, fig

to be short-sighted Brit

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short-sighted ADJ

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1. short-sighted (myopic):

short-sighted

2. short-sighted (not prudent):

short-sighted

imprévoyant(e)

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short-sighted person

borné(e) vue

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Special characteristics: speaks very rapidly and is short-sighted. en.wikipedia.org

Although the comparison is inevitable because of the lineage, it is still short-sighted. en.wikipedia.org

We could also offer laser surgery to give blended vision, leaving one eye slightly short-sighted and one slightly long-sighted; the brain then adjusts the images to help us see normally. www.dailymail.co.uk

These critics may view the homocentric view as not only geocentric but short-sighted, and tending to favour human interests to the detriment of ecological systems. en.wikipedia.org

A short-sighted decision by the military authorities, afraid of penalties, was to fulfill the order (the penalties would have been less than the worth of two aircraft - about 440,000 zlotys). en.wikipedia.org

A factor of 0 will make the agent myopic (or short-sighted) by only considering current rewards, while a factor approaching 1 will make it strive for a long-term high reward. en.wikipedia.org

These types of short-lived and short-sighted emperors encouraged the arrival and ascension of strong, skillful and sly politicians. en.wikipedia.org

However, the slapstick potential of a short-sighted furniture shifter must have seemed irresistible. en.wikipedia.org

The policy of tenement demolition is now considered to have been short-sighted, wasteful and largely unsuccessful. en.wikipedia.org

They have a very determined, twisted, selfish, old-fashioned and short-sighted view on the subjects they discuss, always taking (without knowing) the opposite stand. en.wikipedia.org

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