How to Use shortsighted in a Sentence

shortsighted

adjective
  • The plan was dangerously shortsighted.
  • How shortsighted to have given up on them in their flop eras!
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Those who grouse about the cost are being as shortsighted as their rich patrons.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • But doing so might be shortsighted.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • That’s where the idea becomes shortsighted.
    — Ashleigh Aitken, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Games moving forward and the wins and losses that come with them are a shortsighted view.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Churches have been taught to fear or even hate the press, but this is a shortsighted attitude.
    — Joseph Marchelewski, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Should that rule be enforced because someone was once shortsighted enough to write it down?
    — Jim Souhan, Star Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • Pinning so much hope on the deal with China seems shortsighted.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
  • That seems a little shortsighted.
    — Davis Winkie, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This incessant ragging has been all too easy—and maybe shortsighted.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But that is shortsighted and surface level.
    — Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The cuts to the climate programs, Glackin says, are shortsighted.
    — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Team owners are also greedy and shortsighted.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And ignoring these risks would be shortsighted.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Shameful, shortsighted and with disregard for an open civic process.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
  • But Ott argues that leaving now is shortsighted.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The coal industry, for its part, says that many of these retirements may prove shortsighted.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 13 May 2020
  • The shortsighted practice of stopping all fire, experts say, is no longer an option.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2021
  • That’s not to say flood-control planning in and around Houston has not been shortsighted.
    — Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But both of those are shortsighted, largely untrue, and negligent of the rules.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 25 June 2020
  • Texas didn’t pay for that, either, in another cost-saving move that proved shortsighted.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • These comments were reckless and shortsighted.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • In some cases, though, human intuition can be wrong or shortsighted.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But the study argues that neglecting the role of major earthquakes would be shortsighted.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • This policy stems from a narrow, shortsighted perspective and a warped brand of faith.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2024
  • Giving up valuable assets to add Ingram at this point would be shortsighted.
    — William Guillory, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
  • This is shortsighted and will erase the charm that makes Winter Garden special.
    — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • To think that any player, let alone a superstar like Betts, doesn’t care about winning is shortsighted.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Even back in 1987, the decision seemed stupid and shortsighted.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024

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