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.

Origin of blinkered

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; blinker + -ed2

Other words from blinkered

  • un·blink·ered, adjective

Words Nearby blinkered

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How to use blinkered in a sentence

  • 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
  • But Telal was not so easily to be blinkered, and kept to his first judgment.

    Travels in Arabia | Bayard Taylor
  • These blinkered letters, with only writing and no touch of live hands, convey so little.

    Carry On | Coningsby Dawson
  • The blinkered black pony came up like a hawk, with two of his own side behind him, and Benami's eye glittered as he raced.

    The Day's Work, Volume 1 | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for blinkered

blinkered

/ (ˈblɪŋkəd) /


adjective
  1. considering only a narrow point of view

  2. (of a horse) wearing blinkers

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