"blinkered" meaning in English

See blinkered in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-us-blinkered.oga Forms: more blinkered [comparative], most blinkered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} blinkered (comparative more blinkered, superlative most blinkered)
  1. Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.
    Sense id: en-blinkered-en-adj-d87RYkxP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 18 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 62 19 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 66 21 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 15 14
  2. (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one; narrow-minded. Tags: figuratively Translations (having tunnel vision (figurative)): met oogkleppen (Dutch), kortzichtig (Dutch), kurzsichtig (German), mit Scheuklappen (German), engstirnig (German), зашо́ренный (zašórennyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-blinkered-en-adj-90YFI0mR Disambiguation of 'having tunnel vision (figurative)': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blindered Derived forms: unblinkered

Verb

Audio: En-us-blinkered.oga
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blinkered
  1. simple past and past participle of blinker Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: blinker
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