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short sight·ed

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of short sighted in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of short sighted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of short sighted in a Sentence

  1. Amnesty International deputy director:

    This is not just a Greek tragedy, but a Europe-wide crisis, it is unfolding before the eyes of short-sighted European leaders who prioritize securing borders over helping survivors of conflict.

  2. David Valadao:

    If someone is going to run in a district like this based off of one vote on a person that lost the district, everyone who supports that type of mentality has literally given up the opportunity to win a seat and put someone in a spot that could actually fight for them and do what's right for the district, if their only issue is one vote, that's a pretty short-sighted mentality.

  3. Amnesty International deputy director:

    It is unfolding before the eyes of short-sighted European leaders who prioritize securing borders over helping survivors of conflict.

  4. Sean King Park Strategies:

    Considering Taiwan would only use these planes for defensive purposes, it was a short-sighted blunder on the administration’s part not to sell Taiwan the new planes,” Sean King, vice president of Park Strategies, told The Hill. “We can’t let ourselves be bullied by Beijing. After all, the United States is mainland China’s No. 1 nation-state export market. Beijing needs us more than we sometimes realize.”

  5. Karyn Cavanaugh:

    I think it's a little short-sighted for investors to be piling out of U.S. equities.


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