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shortsighted

adjective as in unmindful of future consequences

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It’s heavy, sure, but Griffin isn’t downplaying the macabre somberness of suicide, she’s emphasizing how silly and shortsighted our darkest impulses can be.

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I realized how shortsighted I had been to think that material self-interest was the most potent motive in politics.

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The Southern Environmental Law Center called the decision “illegal, shortsighted, and bad public policy.”

But given the local distrust of the government, many believe his trip is not just short, but shortsighted.

“Giving data centers a tax break without investigating their impact on our environment and billpayers is shortsighted,” Jennette Gayer, director of Environment Georgia, said in a statement.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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