purblind

American  

[pur-blahynd] / ˈpɜrˌblaɪnd /

adjective

1. nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.

2. slow or deficient in understanding, imagination, or vision.

3. Obsolete. totally blind.

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purblind British  

/ ˈpɜːˌblaɪnd /

adjective

1. partly or nearly blind

2. lacking in insight or understanding; obtuse

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Related Words

See blind.

Other Word Forms

• purblindly adverb
• purblindness noun

Etymology

Origin of purblind

1250–1300; Middle English pur blind completely blind; pure (in obsolete adv. sense), blind

Example Sentences

There had been little in the contest coming towards the middle stages, even though the three judges had Joshua ahead at the halfway stage, one of them a purblind 5-1 up in rounds.

From The Guardian

It was a grave miscalculation, from one point of view, or, to put it less kindly, the result of purblind arrogance, yet Charles seems to have given the marriage his best shot.

From New York Times

Mr. Obama, note, pays this price for climate gestures that were purely symbolic, having no impact on climate, and especially purblind given gas’s role in reducing U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Inside, fluorescent lamps shine on the beer girl posters and the old-time photographs and the purblind man selling toilet paper by the ladies’ lavatory,” he wrote in one article.

From New York Times

Any politician who minimises or ignores this risk is doing what the purblind economists did in the run up to 2008.

From The Guardian