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Blinkered | Blinkers | Blinker

Blinkered meaning

  1. Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.
  2. Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one; narrow-minded.

Using Blinkered

  • The main meaning on this page is: Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders. | Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one; narrow-minded.
  • In the example corpus, blinkered often appears in combinations such as: blinkered by, such blinkered, more blinkered.

Context around Blinkered

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

completely 1× seem 1× cocooned 1×

Often after:

unjoined 1× approach 1× faith 1× privileged 1× ignorance 1× experience 1× arrogance 1× mentality 1× reaction 1×

Sentence patterns with Blinkered

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a cocooned blinkered experience of 1× a completely blinkered unjoined up 1× and more blinkered 1× assumptions more blinkered and more 1× based on blinkered arrogance 1× be so blinkered and turn 1× blinkered reaction to 1× has not blinkered the masses 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all distilleries are 1× blinkered reaction to 1× but hype has 1× her blinkered faith 1× i was blinkered 1× in another era 1×

Common sentence endings:

achieve your goal 1× and more blinkered 1× before the revolution 1× blinkered by ideology 1× blinkered the masses 1× body of evidence 1×

Words around Blinkered

Just before it in the word index:

blinker 5 blinken 389 blinked 25 blink 321 blinis 3 blini 2

Just after it in the word index:

blinkers 25 blinkhorn 5 blinkin 4 blinking 95 blinkit 4 blinkova 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 22 abdicating 22 abductor 22 abh 22 abhorred 22 abidal 22

Corpus analysis for Blinkered

  • In this selection, "blinkered" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, completely, seem, cocooned, unjoined, approach and faith stand out and add context to how "blinkered" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a cocooned blinkered experience of and a completely blinkered unjoined up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blinkered" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blinkered

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But hype has not blinkered the masses. (7 words)

I was blinkered by my record company. (7 words)

We say such a blinkered approach ignores the complete body of evidence. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The Republicans who support these and other market-distorting measures claim that condescending intellectuals are blinkered by ideology and look down on the sacrifices made by the working class in the era of globalized commerce. (35 words)

Ms Bragg said: 'I cannot conceive how anything other than a completely blinkered, unjoined up, broken justice system, would release an offender that it had just classed as too high risk to release. (33 words)

In another era — ancient Rome, perhaps, or 18th-century France — such profligacy might have been interpreted as the last gasp of a blinkered privileged class before the revolution. (28 words)

Example sentences (17)

All distilleries are kept secret and given descriptive names so you can focus on the spirit in your glass, rather than be blinkered by branding or prestige.

Ms Bragg said: 'I cannot conceive how anything other than a completely blinkered, unjoined up, broken justice system, would release an offender that it had just classed as too high risk to release.

We say such a blinkered approach ignores the complete body of evidence.

Her blinkered faith in the relationship means she sees nothing wrong with acting as a negotiator, even as she accepts funding from trade unions.

The clubs being part of one massive league has had the ironic effect of making everything seem smaller and more blinkered.

In another era — ancient Rome, perhaps, or 18th-century France — such profligacy might have been interpreted as the last gasp of a blinkered privileged class before the revolution.

It will become more self-certain, more obnoxious to those who don’t share its assumptions, more blinkered and more frequently wrong.

Such blinkered ignorance is not confined to far-right and uber-nationalist groups.

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You can be so blinkered and turn tunnel vision on to try and keep going to achieve your goal.

You have failed to see the true solution, you seem blinkered by ideology.

But in my final analysis, it is still a cocooned, blinkered experience of South Africa that could do without the overreliance on the Silo district.

This, sadly, is tribal politics at its narrowest – a convenient assumption based on blinkered arrogance.

Trump’s gambit, with half an eye on mining and military bases, symbolised this blinkered mentality.

Blinkered reaction to rising unemployment shows there are none so blind as those who will not see.

But hype has not blinkered the masses.

The Republicans who support these and other market-distorting measures claim that condescending intellectuals are blinkered by ideology and look down on the sacrifices made by the working class in the era of globalized commerce.

I was blinkered by my record company.

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Common combinations with blinkered

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blinkered" in a sentence?
An example: "All distilleries are kept secret and given descriptive names so you can focus on the spirit in your glass, rather than be blinkered by branding or prestige." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "blinkered" from authentic English texts.
What does "blinkered" mean?
Blinkered means: Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.
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