blinkered

English

A blinkered horse.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blinkered (comparative more blinkered, superlative most blinkered)

1. Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.
2. (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
   • 2010 August 11, Simon Tisdall, “India's blinkered policy on Kashmir”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But Delhi's blinkered Kashmir policy since partition in 1947—ignoring UN demands for a self-determination plebiscite, rigging elections, manipulating or overthrowing elected governments, and neglecting economic development—lies at the heart of the problem, according to Barbara Crossette, writing in the Nation.

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[2]:

     Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

Synonyms

• blindered

Derived terms

• unblinkered

 

Translations

having tunnel vision (figurative)

• Dutch: met oogkleppen, kortzichtig (nl)
• German: kurzsichtig (de), mit Scheuklappen, engstirnig (de)
• Russian: зашо́ренный (ru) (zašórennyj)

Verb

blinkered

1. simple past and past participle of blinker