blinkered
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having tunnel vision, being unable to see what is happening around one: uncircumspect, narrow-minded, or both.
verb
simple past and past participle of blinker
Example Sentences
- "But Delhi's blinkered Kashmir policy since partition in 1947—ignoring UN demands for a self-determination plebiscite, rigging elections, manipulating or overthrowing elected governments, and neglecting economic development—lies at the heart of the problem, according to Barbara Crossette, writing in the Nation."
- "Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”"
Inflected Forms
more blinkered (comparative)
most blinkered (superlative)