Sentence examples for short-sighted decision from inspiring English sources

Twelve years on, this short-sighted decision has spectacularly backfired.

"This is an incredibly short-sighted decision," Birkhead said.

Sport minister Tracey Crouch tweeted: The Bristol mayor, George Ferguson, added: "It seems an extremely short-sighted decision to me".

He has recently reversed a short-sighted decision not to provide air support for the ANSF after the end of 2014.

"I'm deeply alarmed by the short-sighted decision by Northumberland County Council to approve the new opencast coal mine at Druridge Bay," she said in a statement.

The chancellor's short-sighted decision to axe all support for these technologies could raise the cost of going green, and mean we miss out on investment".

Eventually, these short-sighted decisions caught up with both companies.

Short-sighted decisions to save a bit of money will not help the healthcare service.

4. Think about the long term Satisfying voracious shareholders has been at the root of many short-sighted decisions.

Years of short-sighted decisions have taken them there, and only a consistent, long-range vision — and the courage to make unpopular decisions — can lift them out.

Arne Duncan, the federal secretary of education, urged state and local authorities to avoid short-sighted decisions as they cut school budgets, and said laying off teachers based solely on seniority was "a wrong way to cut spending".