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1 shortsighted
1 lit myope ; shortsighted people les myopes ;2 fig ( lacking foresight) [person] peu clairvoyant ; [policy, decision] à courte vue ; it would be very shortsighted to do il serait déraisonnable de faire ; to have a shortsighted attitude manquer de perspicacité.
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