Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Subjective and limited, as in viewpoint or perception: "The characters have a blinkered view and, misinterpreting what they see, sometimes take totally inexpedient action” ( Pauline Kael).
Wiktionary
- adj. Characterized by blinkers or blinders.
- adj. figuratively Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of blinker.
Examples
“All true, but also all tending to indicate a certain blinkered quality to the “anti-Americanism” frame.”
“It takes a special kind of blinkered view to declare some of them worthy of being adopted universally.”
“That kind of blinkered thinking has left our auto industry on life support after decades of fighting higher fuel efficiency standards, on the grounds that such onerous regulations would bankrupt it.”
“Mr. Zakaria, born in Mumbai, is himself a member of this elite class, and it is perhaps natural that he should share with them the kind of blinkered reality that sees no implausibility in this fabulous monster, no contradiction between some of the worst development indices in the world and a budding superpower identifying one and the same country.”
The Zen Tiger: India 's Elections And The Magic Of Fareed Zakaria
“I will pass on a useful rule of thumb for spotting the kind of blinkered fundamentalist evolutionists with whom it really is a waste of time trying to debate (quite a few seem to have congregated here) They are the people who in contradistinction to being right (sc. in agreement with themselves) recognise only one category: ie, being a liar.”
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“The presidency is too important to allow that kind of blinkered mentality to govern the rest of this year's election coverage.”
“This kind of blinkered thinking does Microsoft -- which could be capable of pursuing lots of profitable strategies that don't involve fighting the future tooth and nail -- no credit.”
“Thursday, the NUM accused the Chamber of having a "blinkered" approach to the industry's future.”
“Mine management needed to change, to rid itself of possible archaic practices, rigid structures and "blinkered" thinking if it wanted to extend the lives of mines, Mineral and Energy Affairs”
“The report, titled Transitions, said that weak economic growth is likely to continue for at least five years and it accused UK boardrooms of being "blinkered" about the current economic environment.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blinkered’.
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gre2
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magoosh1
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GCI
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Magoosh GRE
its a list of words borrowed from Magoosh GRE blog ,an indispensable resource for GRE test takers.
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caspermilktoast's Words
frenetic, farrago, fandango, ensemble, assay, emulsion, taut, winnow, ridonkulous, ginormous, frisson, idee fixe and 181 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
Words from the new GRE : This list consists mostly of words from the book Magoosh-GRE-vocab-ebook, which is one of the best vocab materials available, especially if you have started preparing one ...
mulct, dupe, pittance, stipend, defray, cupidity, avarice, prodigal, profligate, affluent, insolvent, penurious and 533 more...
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My GRE word list
polemic, ad hominem, fallacious, comity, paucity, contrite, prosaic, veracious, laconic, pugnacious, alacrity, gregarious and 176 more...
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Ptolemy's Gate
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, Ptolemy's Gate.
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industrious, feckless, debunk, quintessence, loquacious, obsequious, laconic, plethora, lugubrious, serendipity, facetious, turgid and 261 more...
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lanklenmot's Words
ineluctable, prelapsarian, bien pensant, prospero, preternatural, gratifying, iconoclast, cineast, persnickety, tumescent, galvanize, pap and 887 more...
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Another day, a whole nother list
rump, spot on, flank, outflank, rank, bedeck, leafhopper, apocope, academic, set-to, point of no return, cloy and 210 more...
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Magoosh
menace, injunction, juggernaut, refrain, mnemonic, abysmal, grueling, ace, gregarious, amiable, wacky, esoteric and 201 more...
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Magoosh-Trick "Easy" multi-meanings
stem, blinkered, check, checkered, raft, involved, retiring, expansive, moment, base, imbibe, inundate and 17 more...
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List1
metonymic, adamant, abase, abash, abasement, analgesia, aberrant, abet, abeyance, aria, prickly, nettle and 52 more...
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GRE secondary meaning
trite vocab with starling alternative meaning
discount, escalate, august, catholic, stem, blinkered, check, checkered, raft, involved, retiring, expansive and 15 more...
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slumry narrow-minded and subjective Jul 16, 2007