Adjective : a shortsighted plan. From Dictionary.com.
This move just shortsightedly kills their own user base. From Wordnik.com. [So Long, Scrabulous « Gerry Canavan] Reference
Gesta paused a moment, peering shortsightedly into the doorway. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
"Don't be shortsightedly selfish," his symbiont ad-monished him. From Wordnik.com. [Through The Eye Of A Needle]
“Kassandra is at the palace,” said Axa, peering shortsightedly at her sewing. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
She hadn't got her spectacles on, 50 she blinked shortsightedly as the car stopped. From Wordnik.com. [The Course Of True Love]
He peered shortsightedly at the prelate when Rhavas strode into his cramped little shop. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
Bink had reacted as shortsightedly as Chester, fleeing it before discovering its identity. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
The Democrats, smartly, won't bring it up and the Republicans shortsightedly won't either. From Wordnik.com. [Tina Dupuy: The Birthers Ruined Schwarzenegger's White House Chance] Reference
In 1984 he shortsightedly sold his publishing rights to Michael Jackson's publishing company, Mijac Music. From Wordnik.com. [Sly Stone's Higher Power] Reference
Whenever I woke during the night, I had seen him still sitting there, staring shortsightedly into the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Americans who are trying today to weaken or evade the Geneva rules are acting shortsightedly as well as immorally. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference
Marx wrote that the capitalists would, shortsightedly, sell workers the very ropes from which the bourgeois would hang. From Wordnik.com. [Komrade Kitch] Reference
The minister may legitimately, if shortsightedly, question the specific harm reduction practice of supervised injection. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
“Marx wrote that the capitalists would, shortsightedly, sell workers the very ropes from which the bourgeois would hang.”. From Wordnik.com. [Komrade Kitch] Reference
Exclusive rights-of-way over the best radio spectrum are going to be needlessly, mendaciously, corruptly, and shortsightedly sold. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Spectrum Management Blogging] Reference
And you have some, unwilling, sympathy from me given how badly and shortsightedly Ford, GM and Chrysler have managed their product. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: I suppose Buzz thought Ford could sell pick-ups and SUVs to South Korea] Reference
I should address my protest especially to those lovers and pursuers of peace who, very shortsightedly, have occasionally adopted it. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Advocates for the jobless say the administration shortsightedly dedicated itself to a program with jobs that are neither permanent nor full time. From Wordnik.com. [Job 1 for Gray: Helping to reduce persistent D.C. unemployment] Reference
Never again would nations shortsightedly cheapen their currencies to obtain an unfair advantage; the nightmare of economic warfare leading to military warfare would be ended. From Wordnik.com. [It's the Dollar, Stupid] Reference
The habit of acting shortsightedly is a hard one to break. From Wordnik.com. [My Life and Work] Reference
Many subdivision covenants shortsightedly require shake roofs. From Wordnik.com. [IdahoStatesman.com News Updates] Reference
I shortsightedly neglected the "community" aspect of this whole thing. From Wordnik.com. [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference
The problem is that BMO was shortsightedly built too small to fit a CFL field. From Wordnik.com. [Sportsnet.ca - Sports News] Reference
Austria-Hungary, the latter (shortsightedly) those of Turkey, replaced it in July 1878. From Wordnik.com. [The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey] Reference
The answer is a resounding no and that, shortsightedly, been the case for a very long time. From Wordnik.com. [Adrants] Reference
I can selfishly and shortsightedly spend all that money on myself, and owe no further taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Room Eight] Reference
This is a grave mistake, for it shortsightedly views the drift to unbundled media as a sideshow. From Wordnik.com. [Adrian Monck] Reference
The administration threatened to veto a bill passed by the Senate that had "shortsightedly voted to retrench". From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
After Saddam was removed in 2003, the Iraqi Kurds shortsightedly concluded that they did not need Turkey anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
She did not sit down, but stood close to Susan, peering up at her shortsightedly, and crumpling the card she held in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday's Child] Reference
Besides, look, one could be astonished -- though shortsightedly -- if I were gathering information on the activities of my enemies. From Wordnik.com. [The Fountainhead]
But if I didn’t lash out shortsightedly on occasion people would become complacent and we can’t have that. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Registration issues? And, I’m outta here, for a few days.] Reference
Publishers shortsightedly cut resources. From Wordnik.com. [Adrian Monck] Reference
It's an easy sell to the shortsightedly selfish. From Wordnik.com. [rabble.ca - News for the rest of us] Reference
"Publishers shortsightedly cut resources. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
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