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Unable to see distant objects unaided

Unmindful of future consequences

Acting or done without care, thought or planning

Unreceptive to new ideas or information

Lacking in intelligence, or unable to comprehend ideas

Not open to new ideas

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Adjective

Unable to see distant objects unaided

as blind as a bat

seeing no further than the end of your nose

Adjective

Unmindful of future consequences

lacking foresight

blithely unconcerned

jumping to conclusions

good-for-nothing

playing with fire

spur-of-the-moment

not thought through

badly thought out

ill-thought-out

taking no notice of

paying no heed to

disregardful of

not paying attention

asleep at the wheel

sticking one's neck out

leading with one's chin

asleep on the job

carefree and untroubled

living the life of Riley

disorganized^US

thrown-together

asleep at the switch

feather-brained

catch-as-catch-can

thrown together

disorganised^UK

all over the shop

all over the place

leaving self wide open

off the deep end

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“Unfortunately, they control the oil wells, and we've been too shortsighted to cut consumption when we had a chance.”

Adjective

Acting or done without care, thought or planning

“Franklin made the shortsighted decision to tolerate the Stamp Act until the situation became so dire that he was called upon to attack it.”

Adjective

Unreceptive to new ideas or information

Adjective

Lacking in intelligence, or unable to comprehend ideas

slow on the uptake

soft in the head

not the full shilling

thick as two short planks

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

feather-brained

uncomprehending

not intelligent

mentally deficient

mentally handicapped

foolishly stupid

unsophisticated

without thought

ill-thought-out

incomprehensible

as daft as a brush

off your trolley

extremely foolish

worthy of scorn

mentally incompetent

wet behind the ears

stupidly irresponsible

lacking knowledge

beyond all reason

out of all reason

not quite right

non compos mentis

lacking seriousness

devoid of intelligence

out of one's gourd

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Adjective

Not open to new ideas

dyed-in-the-wool

ultra-conservative

set in one's ways

unsophisticated

schoolmistressy

prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

self-opinionated

individualistic

holier-than-thou

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

traditionalistic

archconservative

racially discriminatory

racially prejudiced

racially bigoted

unaccommodating

set in your ways

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

anti-democratic

neighbourhood^UK

neighborhood^US

over-enthusiastic

unchallengeable

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