Sentence examples for how shortsighted from inspiring English sources

The outcome of the war revealed how shortsighted such calculations had been.

How shortsighted not to make minor concessions that would put opponents in his debt.

How shortsighted people used to be! (How much more discerning we surely are…) No Marianne Moore?

Mr. Bush characterized this step, which President Clinton indeed took, as proof of how shortsighted the Clinton administration had been.

How shortsighted, how dismissive of the Mitchell report's cautioning baseball not to be "chained to the past" is that?

"Do we sacrifice our historical legacy to save a few dollars today? How shortsighted and disrespectful to those patriots to whom we owe our liberty and freedom".

How terribly shortsighted and reckless of President Obama to reverse a regulation that protects against the scourge of polluted air.

How typically shortsighted.

(After reading this chapter I was struck by how foolish and shortsighted Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's decision was to allow the city manager to turn over to the multinational corporation, Nestle, rights to privatize part of Sacramento's municipal water supply for its own profits while charging the company less than a penny per gallon without offering any resistance).

As your article notes, psychological prediction tools are uncertain, and the new law is shortsighted as to how such efforts could backfire and make disturbed people less likely to reveal their intentions.

How could we be so shortsighted?