unforesightful

Thân thiện

The committee's unforesightful decision led to avoidable problems later.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Lacking foresight or scope: Describes a person, plan, or perspective that fails to consider or plan for future events and long-term consequences. It implies a narrow, limited view focused only on immediate concerns.

Usage

The adjective "unforesightful" is a formal term used to critique decisions, policies, or thinking. It describes an approach that is not forward-looking. - It typically modifies nouns like thinking, policy, decision, approach, or person. - It carries a negative connotation, suggesting a deficiency in planning or wisdom.

Examples

• The board's unforesightful strategy led to avoidable problems five years later.
• It was an unforesightful decision to neglect infrastructure maintenance.
• Critics dismissed the proposal as unforesightful and reactionary.

Advanced Usage

• "to be unforsightful of": This construction is less common but can be used to specify what was not foreseen.
  • The administration was unforesightful of the coming economic shift.

Variants and Related Words

• Unforesightfully (adverb): In a manner lacking foresight.
  • The company expanded unforesightfully, without considering market saturation.
• Unforesightfulness (noun): The quality or state of lacking foresight.
  • The project's failure was a result of sheer unforesightfulness.

Synonyms

• Shortsighted: Lacking foresight; concerned only with immediate needs.
• Myopic: Lacking imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.
• Improvident: Not providing for the future; thoughtless.
• Near-sighted: (Metaphorically) Having a limited view of the future.

Antonyms

• Farsighted: Having or showing foresight and good judgment.
• Provident: Making or indicative of timely preparation for the future.
• Prudent: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
• Visionary: Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Short-term thinking: A phrase describing the mindset criticized by "unforesightful."
  • The budget cuts are a classic example of short-term thinking.
• Fail to see the big picture: To be overly focused on details and miss long-term goals or broader context, similar to being unforsightful.
  • By focusing only on quarterly profits, they failed to see the big picture.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking foresight or scope
   • a short view of the problem
   • shortsighted policies
   • shortsighted critics derided the plan
   • myopic thinking

Từ đồng nghĩa

• short
• shortsighted
• myopic