Definition of Blinkered

1. Adjective. Characterized by blinkers or blinders. ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one. ¹

3. Verb. (past of blinker) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blinkered

1. blinker [v] - See also: blinker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blinkered

blingy
blini
blinis
blink
blink-and-you-miss-it
blink-eyed
blink away
blink of an eye
blinkard
blinkards
blinked
blinkenlight
blinkenlights
blinker
blinker fluid
blinkered
blinkering
blinkers
blinkie
blinkies
blinking
blinking(a)
blinking chickweed
blinkingly
blinks
blinkt
blinky
blinned
blinning
blins

Literary usage of Blinkered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mute Magazine (2007)
"Today, this 'new green order' is still evolving before our fearful, blinkered eyes. This 'order'limits space for collective rethinking of energy, ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"It seems to play a merely blinkered game, Blundering about without a settled aim, Like boys at Blind-Man's Buff. A pretty fault, For Law's sworn guards in ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling, Charles Wolcott Balestier (1911)
"The ball was hit out of a little scrimmage, and Benami and The Rabbit followed it, Faiz-Ullah only too glad to be quiet for an instant. The blinkered black ..."

4. The Exemplary Theatre by Harley Granville-Barker (1922)
"Imagine an auditorium in which people sat blinkered like horses. However excellent the performance, the whole affair would be as flat as if — however ..."

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