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Learn Business English vocabulary with Phrase of the Week!
Each week, we introduce a new phrase to help you sound more natural and confident in your professional communication.
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This week's phrase:
this/ it is very SHORTSIGHTED /ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪtɪd/
= describes a decision or action that only considers immediate benefits and ignores future consequences.
Cutting down on training budgets might save money now, but in the long run, it's going to affect team performance. This is very shortsighted.
Expanding quickly without proper planning could cause issues down the road. This is very shortsighted.
Skipping product testing might speed things up, but it could damage our reputation later. This is very shortsighted.
Other ways to say that the decision is very shortsighted
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Can you think of any decisions that seemed really shortsighted?
