Reckless
Reckless adjective - Having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions.
Short and reckless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Reckless".
Nearby Words: recklessness, recklessly
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He considers the action so reckless and short-sighted that he begrudgingly agrees with his father that Earth should be locked out from the rest of the galaxy.
Source: Comicbook / Infinity -
On a landfill-planet called Deponia, there lives a clever and ambitious but reckless and short-sighted fool named Rufus, who wants nothing more than to get off of Deponia and reach the beautiful flying city of Elysium in the sky.
Source: Video Game / Deponia -
In other words, the gratification that having sex offers is immediate and obvious, while the risks are all delayed and uncertain, and teens are notoriously reckless and short-sighted about the future.
Source: Do Not Do This Cool Thing
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