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Definition of blinkered in English: blinkeredadjective ˈblɪŋkədˈblɪŋkərd 1(of a horse) wearing blinkers. Aboyeur's blinkered head showed in front soon after the start Example sentencesExamples - The stable-bound horse, ribs protruding, eyes blinkered, stamped its hooves on the wooden floor.
- Had a blinkered horse ever won the Derby?
- A tonga resembles a huge wooden box, balanced on two sturdy wheels, drawn by a single blinkered horse.
- 1.1 Having or showing a narrow or limited outlook.
Example sentencesExamples - This blinkered approach put supposed short-term financial savings before the needs of future generations.
- But it is not a blinkered and insular type of independence.
- A blinkered approach to spotting talent is regarded as one of the many factors holding back youth development.
- I think he is a man of limited intelligence, considerable low cunning, self-esteem born of blinkered privilege and a mean spirit.
- I'm sorry that you feel I'm so clearly blinkered and entrenched and incapable of having a reasoned discussion about it.
- As for the assertion that only fans and the club would benefit from the redevelopment, this seems a slightly blinkered approach.
- This is the more lamentable as the title of the book suggests a less blinkered approach.
- This perverse attitude says more about their blinkered view of what the country should aspire to be.
- It is no wonder with this blinkered attitude that the Capital of Culture bid was a non-starter.
- The arts have continually suffered from negative, blinkered attitudes.
- Such narrow-minded blinkered parochialism can only leave these campaigners looking even more desperate.
- But that seems a very narrow and blinkered view.
- I was amazed at the totally blinkered attitudes of the individuals who see no legitimate reason to own a gun in Britain.
- He really will get a shock if he keeps thinking in such a blinkered, narrow way.
- Companies suffer from a provincial and culturally blinkered approach to the repertoire and with dire performance results.
- If attitudes to sexual equality in 2002 are as blinkered and ignorant as they were in 1974 then we have learned nothing and this battle can never be won.
Synonyms narrow-minded, limited, restricted, inward-looking, conventional, parochial, provincial, insular, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, set, set in one's ways, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory British parish-pump, blimpish French borné North American informal jerkwater rare claustral
Definition of blinkered in US English: blinkeredadjectiveˈblɪŋkərdˈbliNGkərd 1(of a horse) wearing blinders. Example sentencesExamples - Had a blinkered horse ever won the Derby?
- A tonga resembles a huge wooden box, balanced on two sturdy wheels, drawn by a single blinkered horse.
- The stable-bound horse, ribs protruding, eyes blinkered, stamped its hooves on the wooden floor.
- 1.1 Having or showing a limited outlook.
a small-minded, blinkered approach Example sentencesExamples - This is the more lamentable as the title of the book suggests a less blinkered approach.
- This blinkered approach put supposed short-term financial savings before the needs of future generations.
- If attitudes to sexual equality in 2002 are as blinkered and ignorant as they were in 1974 then we have learned nothing and this battle can never be won.
- I'm sorry that you feel I'm so clearly blinkered and entrenched and incapable of having a reasoned discussion about it.
- It is no wonder with this blinkered attitude that the Capital of Culture bid was a non-starter.
- But that seems a very narrow and blinkered view.
- But it is not a blinkered and insular type of independence.
- He really will get a shock if he keeps thinking in such a blinkered, narrow way.
- As for the assertion that only fans and the club would benefit from the redevelopment, this seems a slightly blinkered approach.
- I was amazed at the totally blinkered attitudes of the individuals who see no legitimate reason to own a gun in Britain.
- A blinkered approach to spotting talent is regarded as one of the many factors holding back youth development.
- The arts have continually suffered from negative, blinkered attitudes.
- I think he is a man of limited intelligence, considerable low cunning, self-esteem born of blinkered privilege and a mean spirit.
- This perverse attitude says more about their blinkered view of what the country should aspire to be.
- Such narrow-minded blinkered parochialism can only leave these campaigners looking even more desperate.
- Companies suffer from a provincial and culturally blinkered approach to the repertoire and with dire performance results.
Synonyms narrow-minded, limited, restricted, inward-looking, conventional, parochial, provincial, insular, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, set, set in one's ways, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory
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