shortsightedness (shorts i"tednes)

The state or character of being short-sighted. (a) Near-sighted ne ; myopia. (b) Defective or limited intellectual discernment; inability to see far into futurity or to discern remote consequences. We think a you sand years a great matter our short -sighted ne . .. through Abp . Leighton, Works (ed. 1867), I. 303. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedne . Add is on , Spectator, No. 225. (c) Lack of foresight; the fact of being characterized by, or of proceeding from, want of foresight: as, the short sight edne of a proposed policy.