shortsighted Syllabification: (short·sight·ed)Pronunciation: /ˈSHôrtˈsītid/Translate shortsighted | into French | into Spanish Definition of shortsighted adjective British term for nearsighted. lacking imagination or foresight:expedient, shortsighted solutions to problemsDerivatives shortsightedly adverb shortsightedness noun shortsighted in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of shortsighted in the British & World English dictionary