shortsightedness
shortsightedness — adjective
- shortsightednesspositive
- more shortsightednesscomparative
- most shortsightednesssuperlative
1. when a decision, plan, or way of thinking is shortsighted, it pays attention onl
when a decision, plan, or way of thinking is shortsighted, it pays attention only to what seems good or helpful right now, without considering what will happen in the future — for example, cutting a school's budget to save money this year while ignoring the long-term damage to children's education.
The shortsightedness of the city council led to a water shortage a decade later.
shortsightedness + of + organisation
Andrei warned that the company's shortsightedness on renewable energy would cost them market share.
possessive + shortsightedness + on + topic
It was pure shortsightedness to build homes so close to a river without flood defences.
Voters grew frustrated with the government's shortsightedness on environmental policy.
Yasmin called the budget cuts an act of shortsightedness that would hurt schools for years.
- myopia
more formal, used especially in business or political writing
- narrow-mindedness
focuses on unwillingness to consider other viewpoints rather than future consequences
- foresight
the ability to think about and plan for the future
- far-sightedness
direct opposite — thinking about long-term effects
文法句型
shortsightedness + of + noun phrase
it + be + shortsightedness + to-infinitive
用法筆記
Frequently used with possessive determiners (the government's shortsightedness, the company's shortsightedness) or in the pattern 'it + be + shortsightedness + to-infinitive'. The topic is introduced by 'on' (shortsightedness on policy) or 'in' (shortsightedness in planning).
常見錯誤
2. the medical condition in which a person can see objects clearly only when they a
the medical condition in which a person can see objects clearly only when they are very close, because the eye focuses light in front of the retina instead of directly on it — commonly called nearsightedness.
Takeshi's shortsightedness made it hard for him to read road signs while driving at night.
possessive + shortsightedness
Eve was diagnosed with shortsightedness at age nine and got her first pair of glasses.
diagnosed with shortsightedness
The eye doctor said Lakan's shortsightedness would stop getting worse after age twenty.
Brandon chose contact lenses over glasses because his shortsightedness made thick frames uncomfortable.
Saira's shortsightedness meant she could not recognise people across the street without her lenses.
- nearsightedness
the standard American English term for the same condition
- myopia
the formal medical term
- farsightedness
the opposite condition — able to see distant objects clearly but not close ones
文法句型
suffer from shortsightedness
correct shortsightedness
shortsightedness in + person
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, 'nearsightedness' is more common in American English, while 'short-sightedness' (with a hyphen) is frequent in British English for this meaning. The medical term is 'myopia'.