shortsightedly
Lacking future vision
In a manner that fails to consider long-term consequences or future needs.
Someone who acts shortsightedly focuses on immediate gains while ignoring what lies ahead: The company shortsightedly cut research funding to boost quarterly profits.
The word carries implicit criticism—the speaker believes better foresight was possible.
Lacking good judgment
- ill-advisedlyWithout sound judgment
- injudiciouslyWithout sound judgment
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- rashlyWithout careful thought
foolishly · thoughtlessly · irresponsibly · carelessly · heedlessly · incautiously · improvident · imprudently
Without mental focus
- unmindfullyWithout paying attention
- negligentlyWith culpable inattention
- carelesslyWithout due attention
- remisslyWithout due care
laxly · heedlessly · apathetically · indifferently · unconcernedly · forgetfully · inconsiderately · obliviously
With poor distance vision
- narrow-mindedlyWith rigid thinking
- parochiallyIn a narrow-minded way
- provinciallyIn a regional manner
- insularlyIn isolated fashion
blinkered · small-minded · limited · constricted · petty · sectarian · dogmatic · inflexible
unwisely
Lacking good judgment
- ill-advisedlyWithout sound judgment
- injudiciouslyWithout sound judgment
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
rashly · foolishly · thoughtlessly · irresponsibly · carelessly · heedlessly · incautiously · improvident · imprudently · indiscreetly
inattentively
Without mental focus
- unmindfullyWithout paying attention
- negligentlyWith culpable inattention
- carelesslyWithout due attention
remissly · laxly · heedlessly · apathetically · indifferently · unconcernedly · forgetfully · inconsiderately · obliviously
nearsightedly
With poor distance vision
- narrow-mindedlyWith rigid thinking
- parochiallyIn a narrow-minded way
- provinciallyIn a regional manner
insularly · blinkered · small-minded · limited · constricted · petty · sectarian · dogmatic · inflexible · ethnocentric
shortsightedlyfarsightedly
With long-term vision
strategically · futuristically · prospectively · sustainably
shortsightedlyprudently
With careful judgment
wisely · sagaciously · judiciously · circumspectly · providently