1. Planning prudently for the future
   "large goals that required long-sighted policies";
   - farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long
    
2. Having abnormal vision, unable to focus sharply on things that are nearby
   "The long-sighted child had difficulty reading books held at a normal distance";
   - hyperopic, hypermetropic, farsighted [N. Amer]

See also: presbyopic, provident

Encyclopedia: Long-sighted