blinkered

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blinkered

adjective more blinkered · most blinkered

  1. Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.

    Similar: blindered · Opposite: unblinkered, unblindered, unblinded

  2. figuratively Having tunnel vision, being unable to see what is happening around one: uncircumspect, narrow-minded, or both. 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

    Similar: blindered · Opposite: unblinkered, unblindered, unblinded, circumspect

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of blinker

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adj having tunnel vision (figurative)

Deutschkurzsichtig, mit Scheuklappen, engstirnig
Русскийзашо́ренный zašórennyj

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@misc{blinkered_2026,
  title = {blinkered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blinkered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}