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shortsighted

How many syllables in shortsighted?

  3 syllables

Divide shortsighted into syllables:   short-sight-ed
Primary syllable stress:   short-sight-ed
Secondary syllable stress:   short-sight-ed
How to pronounce shortsighted:   shawrt-sahy-tid
How to say shortsighted:

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Synonyms for shortsighted


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What rhymes with shortsighted

1 syllable
  • white
    2 syllables
    • blighted
    • knighted
    • righted
    • sited
    • whited
    • cited
    • lighted
    • sighted
    • slighted
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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