The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - short-sightedadj.

1) near-sighted, myopic, dim-sighted: He wears thick spectacles because he's so short-sighted. 2) unimaginative, unprogressive, improvident, imprudent, injudicious, rash, brash, impulsive, reckless, impolitic, limited, unwary, incautious, careless, thoughtless, unmindful: Lewis's short-sighted view makes no provision for the future.