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blinkered

[ bling-kerd ]

adjective

  1. narrow-minded and subjective; unwilling to understand another viewpoint:

    When in the Oval Office, Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government.

  2. having blinkers on; fitted with blinkers:

    a blinkered racehorse.



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/ ˈɪŋə /

adjective

  1. considering only a narrow point of view
  2. (of a horse) wearing blinkers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·԰İ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blinkered1

First recorded in 1895–1900; blinker ( def ) + -ed 2( def )
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Example Sentences

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But campaigners have claimed the report was "half-baked" and the government was "blinkered" about the importance of pylons.

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If only the whole story had been told from Låke’s curious and blinkered perspective, “The Colony” might have ended up more show than tell, and the more eloquent for it.

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She accuses politicians of being blinkered by a desire to transform Paris into a cyclists' paradise - ignoring road safety.

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This was a blinkered view of reproductive healthcare rights, however.

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Sometimes, that celebration of energy can obfuscate the real artistic merits of a film, a director’s blinkered vision becoming a death knell.

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