blinder

[ blahyn-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that blinds.
a blinker for a horse.
British Informal. a spectacular shot or action in sports, especially soccer:
He played a blinder.

blinder

/ ˈblaɪndə /

Origin of blinder¹

First recorded in 1580–90; blind + -er ¹

Leading up to a major race, she says, “You have blinders on.”

It’s impossible to interrogate any of this because the fandom has racehorse blinders on.

One notable trait about Gen Z’s reception of ads, according to Kenoly, is their inherent blinders for display advertising.

Edward Jones is removing the executive blinders by building unconscious bias training into the hiring and training process.

Stiglitz, Akerlof, Krugman, and Blinder would all be much better.

It never occurred to her that he was blinder than Henriette herself, to the real centre and heart of the difficulty.

Been blinder than one of those varnished skulls some tough-stomached people use for paper-weights.

He saw in this girl what those blinder than he had not yet recognised—the dawning of a wonderful, a radiant and glowing beauty.

Of Mr. O'Connell's policy, already referred to, none were blinder victims than some of the priests.

As between the sightless beggar and the sin-proud Pharisees, the latter were by far the blinder.

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