blinkered

[ bling-kerd ]

/ ˈblɪŋ kərd /

adjective

narrow-minded and subjective; unwilling to understand another viewpoint: When in the Oval Office, Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government.

having blinkers on; fitted with blinkers: a blinkered racehorse.

Origin of blinkered

First recorded in 1895–1900; blinker + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM blinkered

un·blink·ered, adjective

Words nearby blinkered

blinglish, blini, blink, blink comparator, blinker, blinkered, blinkers, blinking, blinks, blinky, blintz

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Example sentences from the Web for blinkered

She alludes a lot to ambition and wanting fame, the kind of hard-nailed, blinkered ambition that drives actors and actresses.
It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’|Tim Teeman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, he carried on with his blinkered views and remained an isolationist.
“The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life|Jacob Heilbrunn|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
These blinkered letters, with only writing and no touch of live hands, convey so little.
Carry On|Coningsby Dawson
But Telal was not so easily to be blinkered, and kept to his first judgment.
Travels in Arabia|Bayard Taylor

I trudge along like a traveller between high hedgerows; my heart is blinkered so that I am scarcely aware of landscapes.
Carry On|Coningsby Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for blinkered

blinkered

/ (ˈblɪŋkəd) /

adjective

considering only a narrow point of view

(of a horse) wearing blinkers

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单词	blinkered
释义	blinkered [ bling-kerd ] / ˈblɪŋ kərd / adjective narrow-minded and subjective; unwilling to understand another viewpoint: When in the Oval Office, Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government. having blinkers on; fitted with blinkers: a blinkered racehorse. Origin of blinkered First recorded in 1895–1900; blinker + -ed² OTHER WORDS FROM blinkered un·blink·ered, adjective Words nearby blinkered blinglish, blini, blink, blink comparator, blinker, blinkered, blinkers, blinking, blinks, blinky, blintz Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blinkered She alludes a lot to ambition and wanting fame, the kind of hard-nailed, blinkered ambition that drives actors and actresses. It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’\|Tim Teeman\|April 28, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Instead, he carried on with his blinkered views and remained an isolationist. “The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life\|Jacob Heilbrunn\|November 21, 2012\|DAILY BEAST These blinkered letters, with only writing and no touch of live hands, convey so little. Carry On\|Coningsby Dawson But Telal was not so easily to be blinkered, and kept to his first judgment. Travels in Arabia\|Bayard Taylor I trudge along like a traveller between high hedgerows; my heart is blinkered so that I am scarcely aware of landscapes. Carry On\|Coningsby Dawson British Dictionary definitions for blinkered blinkered / (ˈblɪŋkəd) / adjective considering only a narrow point of view (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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