shortsighted

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHORT'SIGHTED, adjective [short and sight.] 1. Not able to see far; having limited vision; in a literal sense. 2. Not able to look far into futurity; not able to understand things deep or remite; of limited intellect.
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