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# černit
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech črniti. By surface analysis, černý +‎ -it.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɛrɲɪt]

### Verb

černit impf
* to blacken

#### Conjugation

| Infinitive | černit, černiti | Active adjective | černící |
| Verbal noun | černění | Passive adjective | černěný |
| Present forms | indicative | indicative | imperative | imperative |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st person | černím | černíme | — | černěme, čerňme |
| 2nd person | černíš | černíte | černi, čerň | černěte, čerňte |
| 3rd person | černí | černí | — | — |
* The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive černit.
| Participles | Past participles | Past participles | Passive participles | Passive participles |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| masculine animate | černil | černili | černěn | černěni |
| masculine inanimate | černil | černily | černěn | černěny |
| feminine | černila | černily | černěna | černěny |
| neuter | černilo | černila | černěno | černěna |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | černě | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | černíc | — |
| plural | černíce | — |

#### Derived terms

* načernit
* očernit
* začernit

#### Related terms

* černat
* černět

### Further reading

* “černiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “černiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “černit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# árvol
## Ladino
### Noun

árvol m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ארב׳ול)
* Alternative form of arvolé
** 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, קולות משאלוניקי היהודית‎, Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 415:En la ora mas apretada i eskura, kwando la partida parese pyedrida, los dados de el destino se aboltan en mwestra favor, i kwando ya parese ke mos deshan zulá, salimos empyés komo los gatos ke los asegien i se suven en algún árvol ande no lo pweden alkansar.In the most stressful and darkest hour, when the party appears lost, destiny's gifts turn up in our favour, and when it appears that it is leaving us in destitution, we leave on foot like the cats who chase them and they climb up some tree where they can't reach someone.

### References

* ↑ “árvol”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.
# wiotki
## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wiotchy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvjɔt.ki/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔtki
* Syllabification: wiot‧ki

### Adjective

wiotki (comparative bardziej wiotki, superlative najbardziej wiotki, derived adverb wiotko)
* flabby
    Synonyms: flakowaty, ślamazarny, zwiotczały
* flaccid
    Synonyms: miękki, rozlazły, sflaczały
* limp
    Synonyms: scherlały, słaby, zwiotczały
* thin (of a person)

#### Derived terms

* wiotkość
* wiotczeć

### Further reading

* wiotki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* wiotki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# mugre
## Spanish
### Etymology

Alteration of dialectal mugor, from Latin mūcōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuɡɾe/ [ˈmu.ɣ̞ɾe]
* Rhymes: -uɡɾe
* Syllabification: mu‧gre

### Noun

mugre f (plural mugres)
* dirt, filth, grease, muck
    Synonym: suciedad

#### Derived terms

* enmugrar
* enmugrecer
* mugriento
* mugroso
* sacar la mugre

### Further reading

* “mugre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# audytor
## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin audītor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈdɘ.tɔr/
* Rhymes: -ɘtɔr
* Syllabification: au‧dy‧tor

### Noun

audytor m pers
* (business, economics, law) auditor (one who audits bookkeeping accounts)
* (law) auditor (comptroller)
* (archaic, education) auditor (one who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit)

### Noun

audytor m pers (female equivalent audytorka)
* (archaic) auditor (one who listens)

#### Derived terms

* audytorski

#### Related terms

* audytowy
* audyt

### Further reading

* audytor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# sekuler
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch seculair (“secular”), from French séculaire, from Latin saecularis (“of the age”), from saeculum. Doublet of sekulir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛˈku.lɛr]
* Hyphenation: sè‧ku‧lèr

### Adjective

sèkulèr
* secular,
** not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
** (astronomy) relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities.

#### Alternative forms

* sekular (Standard Malay)

#### Derived terms

* sekulerisme

#### Related terms

* sekularis
* sekularisasi
* sekularisme
* sekulir

### Further reading

* “sekuler” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# digitoxin
## English
### Etymology

Blend of digitalis +‎ toxin

### Noun

digitoxin (countable and uncountable, plural digitoxins)
* (organic chemistry) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.

#### Derived terms

* acetyldigitoxin
# oxihemoglobina
## Spanish
### Noun

oxihemoglobina f (plural oxihemoglobinas)
* oxyhemoglobin

#### Related terms

* hemoglobina
# hypertaster
## English
### Etymology

From hyper- +‎ taster.

### Noun

hypertaster (plural hypertasters)
* Someone with an extremely sensitive sense of taste.
** 2024 November 19, Tomas Weber, “Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-11-30:Barb Stuckey, the company's chief innovation and marketing officer, who describes herself as a hypertaster and whose tongue can detect changes in barometric pressure, greeted me in the hall carrying an armful of milk cartons.

#### Related terms

* supertaster
# гирлянда
## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French guirlande, further from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz (whence English wire). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲɪrˈlʲandə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

гирля́нда • (girljánda) f inan (genitive гирля́нды, nominative plural гирля́нды, genitive plural гирля́нд, relational adjective гирля́ндный)
* garland

#### Related terms
##### Native

* ве́ник m (vénik)
* вено́к m (venók)
* ветвь f (vetvʹ)
* вить impf (vitʹ)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гирлянда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “гирлянда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 82
* Anikin, A. E. (2016) “гирлянда”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 10 (галочка – глыча), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 245
# aromatyzacja
## Polish
### Etymology

From aromat +‎ -yzacja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.rɔ.ma.tɘˈza.t͡sja/
* Rhymes: -at͡sja
* Syllabification: a‧ro‧ma‧ty‧za‧cja

### Noun

aromatyzacja f
* (organic chemistry) aromatization

#### Derived terms

* aromatyzacyjny

#### Related terms

* aromaterapeutyczny
* aromatyczny
* aromatycznie
* aromacik
* aromat
* aromaterapeuta
* aromaterapeutka
* aromaterapia
* aromatyzer
* aromatyzować
* zaromatyzować

### Further reading

* aromatyzacja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# vnučka
## Czech
### Etymology

From vnuk +‎ -ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvnut͡ʃka]
* Rhymes: -utʃka
* Hyphenation: vnuč‧ka

### Noun

vnučka f (male equivalent vnuk)
* granddaughter
    Hypernym: vnouče

#### Derived terms

* pravnučka f

#### Related terms

* pravnouče n
* pravnuk m anim

### Further reading

* “vnučka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “vnučka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “vnučka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Slovak
### Etymology

From vnuk +‎ -ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvnut͡ʃka]

### Noun

vnučka f
* granddaughter

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “vnučka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
# suw
## Karakalpak
### Alternative forms

* суў (obsolete, Cyrillic)

### Etymology

From Common Kypchak suw, from Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”).

### Noun

suw
* water

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuf/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uf
* Syllabification: suw
* Homophones: sów, SUV

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from suwać.

#### Noun

suw m inan
* (technical) stroke of a piston

##### Derived terms

* czterosuw
* dwusuw

##### Related terms

* czterosuwowy
* dwusuwowy
* suwać impf

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English SUV.

#### Noun

suw m inan or m animal
* Alternative spelling of SUV

##### Declension
### Further reading

* suw in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* suw in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* suw in PWN's encyclopedia

## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Old Turkic sub, suv, suγ, from Proto-Turkic *sɨb, *sub (“water”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θuβ/

### Noun

suw (definite accusative suwy, plural suwlar)
* water

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “suw” in Enedilim.com
* “suw” in Webonary.org
# jokey
## English
### Adjective

jokey (comparative more jokey, superlative most jokey)
* Alternative spelling of joky

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* cokey

### Etymology

Borrowed from English jockey.

### Noun

jokey (definite accusative jokeyi, plural jokeyler)
* jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively)
    Synonym: binici

#### Derived terms

* jokeyli
* jokeylik
* jokeysiz

### References

* “jokey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “jokey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2298b
# cond
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɒnd

### Etymology 1

Clipping.

#### Adjective

cond (not comparable)
* Clipping of conditional.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English conduen, condien, French conduire (“to conduct”), from Latin conducere.

#### Verb

cond (third-person singular simple present conds, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)
* Obsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”).
** 1922, Publications of the Navy Records Society:Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]

##### Derived terms

* conder

### Further reading

* “cond”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* no-CD

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* con (Western and Eastern orthographies)
* cont (Western orthographies)
* co (apocopic form)
* coun (Cremonese orthography)

### Etymology

From Latin cum + de.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kon(d̥)/ (Eastern and Western)
* IPA: /kond̥/, [kunt] (Western, followed by article)
* IPA: /ˈkond(e)/, [ˈkond(e)] (Eastern, followed by article)

### Preposition

cond
* with
    Ti te vègnet cond mi. ― You come with me.
* by
    Ti te vègnet cond la màchina. ― You come by car.

#### Usage notes

* Traditionally, it's written in two ways according to the context: it's normally spelled con, whilst cond (traditionally spelled cont in Western orthographies and con d' in Eastern orthographies) is used when followed by an article. Certain dialects, though, use the form cond also when followed by a word different than an article. Thus, modern orthographies tend to use always and only cond.
# घपला
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡʱəp.lɑː/, [ɡʱɐp.läː]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

घपला • (ghaplā) m (Urdu spelling گھپلا)
* confusion, mess, discrepancy
    Synonym: गड़बड़ (gaṛbaṛ)
* complication, entanglement
    Synonym: गोलमाल (golmāl)

#### Derived terms

* घपले में पड़ना (ghaple mẽ paṛnā)
* घपलेबाज़ (ghaplebāz)
* घपलेबाज़ी (ghaplebāzī)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “घपला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घपला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
# niitma
## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *niittädäk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈniːtmɑ/, [ˈnʲiːtmɑ]
* Rhymes: -iːtmɑ
* Hyphenation: niit‧ma

### Verb

niitma (da-infinitive niita)
* (transitive) to mow
* (transitive, of illness) to mow down; to decimate
* (transitive) to cut, to shear (wool, fur, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* niide
* niitmine

#### Related terms

* niit

### References

* niitma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “niitma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
# hotsilog
## English
### Alternative forms

* hot-silog
* Hotdog Silog, Hotdog silog, hotdog silog
* Hot Dog Silog, Hot dog silog, hot dog silog

### Etymology

Blend of hot dog +‎ Tagalog silog.

### Pronunciation

* (Philippines) IPA: /ˈhɒtsɪloɡ/

### Noun

hotsilog (plural hotsilogs)
* (Philippines) a meal of hot dog with fried rice and fried egg

#### Related terms

* bacsilog
* bangsilog
* chicsilog
* cornsilog
* hamsilog
* longsilog
* spamsilog
* tapsilog
* tosilog

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Blend of English hotdog +‎ silog, which the latter is itself a blend of sinangag +‎ itlog.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: hot‧si‧log

### Noun

hotsilog
* a meal of hot dog with fried rice and fried egg

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* hatsilog

### Etymology

Blend of English hotdog +‎ silog, which the latter is itself a blend of sinangag +‎ itlog.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˌhatsiˈloɡ/ [ˌhat̪.sɪˈloɡ̚]
* Rhymes: -oɡ
* Syllabification: hot‧si‧log

### Noun

hótsilóg (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄ᜔)
* hotsilog (a meal of hot dog with fried rice and fried egg)

#### Related terms

* bacsilog
* bangsilog
* chicsilog
* cornsilog
* hamsilog
* longsilog
* spamsilog
* tapsilog
* tosilog
# graniastosłupowy
## Polish
### Etymology

From graniastosłup +‎ -owy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡra.ɲas.tɔ.swuˈpɔ.vɘ/
* Rhymes: -ɔvɘ
* Syllabification: gra‧nias‧to‧słu‧po‧wy

### Adjective

graniastosłupowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (geometry, relational) prism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides)

#### Related terms

* graniastosłup

### Further reading

* graniastosłupowy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# Woźniak
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔʑ.ɲak/
* Rhymes: -ɔʑɲak
* Syllabification: Woź‧niak

### Proper noun

Woźniak m or f
* a male surname; one of the most popular surnames in Poland
* a female surname; one of the most popular surnames in Poland

#### Declension

Masculine surname:
Feminine surname: indeclinable.

#### Derived terms

* Woźniakowa
* Woźniakówna

### See also

* Appendix:Polish surnames

### Further reading

* “+”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
* Woźniak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# cokey
## English
### Etymology

From coke (“cocaine”) +‎ -y.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -əʊki
* Homophone: coky

### Adjective

cokey (comparative more cokey, superlative most cokey)
* (uncommon) Cocaine-addicted.
** 1931, Cab Calloway (lyrics and music), “Minnie the Moocher”:She messed around with a bloke named Smokey // She loved him though he was cokey
** 2020, Benjamin Nugent, Fraternity, page 97:She sensed he was a neural kin; there was the static, preoccupied expression, the rocking of the torso, the hiding eyes, the small body, the hair that stood in bunches. He was cokie, metabolically.

#### See also

* cocaine addict

## Turkish
### Noun

cokey (definite accusative cokeyi, plural cokeyler)
* Alternative form of jokey

### References

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cokey”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 829a
# calofrío
## Spanish
### Etymology

From calor (“heat”) +‎ frío (“cold”), perhaps a calque of Latin calē, frīge. Compare Catalan calfred.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaloˈfɾio/ [ka.loˈfɾi.o]
* Rhymes: -io
* Syllabification: ca‧lo‧frí‧o

### Noun

calofrío m (plural calofríos)
* shudder

#### Derived terms

* escalofrío

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: calafrio

### Further reading

* “calofrío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# gastroenterologický
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡastroɛntɛroloɡɪt͡skiː]

### Adjective

gastroenterologický
* gastroenterological

#### Related terms

* gastroenterologie

### Further reading

* “gastroenterologický”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
# simple-hearted
## English
### Alternative forms

* simplehearted

### Etymology

From simple +‎ hearted.

### Adjective

simple-hearted (comparative more simple-hearted, superlative most simple-hearted)
* sincere
** 1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:He exhibited his client as a simple-hearted, honest, well-meaning man, who, during a copartnership of twelve years, had gradually become impoverished
** 2015, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, →ISBN:“My dear friend, above all things I want to behave like a gentleman and to be recognised as such,” the visitor began in an access of deprecating and simple-hearted pride, typical of a poor relation.
* ingenuous; guileless

#### Derived terms

* simple-heartedly
* simple-heartedness

#### Translations
### References

* “simple-hearted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
# flemático
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* flegmático (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin phlegmāticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós). By surface analysis, flema +‎ -ático.

### Adjective

flemático (feminine flemática, masculine plural flemáticos, feminine plural flemáticas)
* phlegmatic

#### Related terms

* flemoso

### Further reading

* “flemático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# mimbaba
## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

* mymbaba

### Etymology

From mim (“to hide”) +‎ -ab +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aβa

### Noun

mimbaba (possessable)
* livestock
** 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “25. Natiuitas Dòmini. G. I.”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 9v:Kó 'ara îamoeté Tupãetéramo o ekó pupé apyabetéramo Cristo o sy suí i 'aragûera. Onhemoarûabo mba’eîare’yma îabé, ybyrá itá monhangymbyra kupépe so’o mimbaba roka ogûar gupabamo. Semiuru rupápe i xy i nongi. Ybakygûana onhemoputupab i nhemomoreaûsuba repîaka. 'Ara i pîasaba îekuakupaba.On this day, we honor the birth of Christ from his mother as the true God. Becoming humble as the poor, behind a stone-made fence, he took the livestock animal's house as his lodging. His mother put him in their manger. Heaven's inhabitants were astonished seeing he humiliating himself. Day of obligation and fasting.
* pet (animal kept as a companion)
* hideout; hiding place

#### Usage notes

* With the advent of colonization, Tupians used the names of similar native animals to call the unknown species brought by the Europeans. Neologisms were then created by using eté (“true”) and eŷmbaba / mimbaba (“domestic animal”) as a form to differentiate the old and new species, respectively.

#### Synonyms

* eîmbaba

#### Derived terms

* marakaîamimbaba
* mimbabararõana
* mimbaberekoara
* mimbabetá
* pemimbaba
* so'omimbaba
* syûasumimbaba
* îagûamimbaba

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: mimbawa
* → Brazilian Portuguese: mumbavo

### References

* ↑ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mimbaba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 279, column 1
# suicidiu
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

suicidiu m (plural suicidios)
* suicide

#### Related terms

* suicida

### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.
# he that mischief hatches, mischief catches
## English
### Proverb

he that mischief hatches, mischief catches
* People who behave wickedly receive their just deserts.
# narrow-sighted
## English
### Alternative forms

* narrow sighted

### Etymology

Compare narrow-minded and short-sighted.

### Adjective

narrow-sighted
* Lacking perspective; Overly focused on one aspect.
** 1853, Andrew Jackson Downing ·, “The New-York Park”, in Rural Essays, page 148:But few of those who see that incongruity, know that it was dictated by the narrow-sighted frugality of the common council who were its building committee, and who determined that it would be useless to waste margle on the rear of the City-Hall, "since that side would only be seen by persons living in the suburbs."
** 1983, Brian Hindley, State Investment Companies in Western Europe, page 23:Presumably in such an approach it is not important to attempt to minimise the costs of “narrow-sighted rationalisation' and irrelevant or impossible to monitor the performance of a state investment company.
** 1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget, Views and Estimates of Committees of the House, page 6:Those involved in producing food and fiber in the United States simply cannot withstand another round of narrow-sighted budget negotiations which leaves them in an even more financially precarious position.
** 2003, Lisa Rodensky, The Crime in Mind, page 120:And if I were capable of that narrow-sighted joy on Adam's behalf, I should still know he was not the man to feel it for himself: he would have shaken his head at such a sentiment, and said, “ Evil's evil, and sorrow's sorrow, and you can't alter its nature by wrapping it up in other words."
** 2006, Per Davidsson, Researching Entrepreneurship, page 171:In this perspective, chasing the truth about what category creates most jobs internally is narrow-sighted.
** 2020, Emily Balcetis, Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World, page 140:Of course, hindsight is 20/20, but industry analysts surmise that one key factor in Crumbs's initial success was also the reason for its fall from glory: a narrow-sighted focus on the sale of a single product—those cupcakes.

#### Derived terms

* narrow-sightedness