blinkered

adjective

blink·​ered ˈbliŋ-kərd 

1

: limited in scope or understanding : narrow-minded

2

: fitted with blinders

Examples of blinkered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The New Yorker’s Talk writer was similarly blinkered and callous, treating Grey like a consenting partner and Chaplin as a dual victim, of his mother-in-law’s venality and of Middle America’s moral prejudices. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

In his letters, Chekhov could sound like Ivan, lambasting the blinkered privilege of Russia’s aristocracy and the state of poverty in which most of the people were mired in. —Philip Metres july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025

But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025

Photo : Public domain Preston Tucker’s car was an ambitious but failed experiment, an unfortunate cocktail fueled by the inventor’s own hubris, ill-willed government bureaucracy, and Detroit’s blinkered automotive industrial complex. —Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for blinkered

• tinkered