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.

ˈblinkered

/ ˈblɪŋkəd /

adjective

1. considering only a narrow point of view

2. (of a horse) wearing blinkers

Other Word Forms

• unblinkered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blinkered¹

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

Example Sentences

He said investigators must not be "blinkered" or put crimes into boxes while ignoring the overlap between some offences.

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But the challenges buffeting America these days go beyond the author’s charged and sometimes blinkered framework.

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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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