shortsighted

CIDE DICTIONARY

shortsighted, a. 

•  Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.  [1913 Webster]
•  Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having little regard for the future; heedless.  [1913 Webster]

  "Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

shortsighted

asquint, astigmatic, authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, blink-eyed, blinking, blinky, borne, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason, dim-sighted, fanatical, farsighted, hidebound, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient, impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, insensate, insensible, insular, irrational, little, little-minded, longsighted, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mind-blind, mindless, misadvised, misguided, mope-eyed, myopic, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, poor-sighted, presbyopic, provincial, purblind, reasonless, reckless, senseless, small, small-minded, squinch-eyed, squint-eyed, squinting, squinty, strabismal, strabismic, straitlaced, stuffy, thoughtless, unadvised, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable, uncomprehending, unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing, ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive, unreasonable, unreflecting, unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwise, winking, witless

ROGET THESAURUS

shortsighted

Misjudgment

N misjudgment, obliquity of judgment, miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception, hasty conclusion, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, foregone conclusion, prenotion, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension, presumption, assumption, presentiment, fixed idea, preconceived idea, id_ee fixe, mentis gratissimus error, fool's paradise, esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige, bias, bigotry, warp, twist, hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye, one-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one- sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions, narrow mind, bigotry, odium theologicum, pedantry, hypercriticism, doctrinaire, overestimation, underestimation, ignorance, erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error), misjudging, ill-judging, wrong-headed, prejudiced, jaundiced, shortsighted, purblind, partial, one-sided, superficial, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, mean-spirited, confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete, positive, dogmatic, conceited, opinative, opiniative, opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated, self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opini=atre, bigoted, crotchety, fussy, impracticable, unreasonable, stupid credulous, warped, misjudged, ex parte, nothing like leather, the wish the father to the thought, wishful thinking, unshakable conviction, my mind is made up - don't bother me with the fact.