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

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

By refusing to address the link between industrialization and global warming, Parker ultimately gives a skewed picture of the resolution of the crisis and a blinkered view of its implications for environmental policy today. —Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014

Working in the wedding-and-a-funeral formula, Burnett spins a comic-tragic yarn about Pierce (Everett Silas), a kind of blinkered fool, who works at his parent’s dry cleaners. —Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 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

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for blinkered

• tinkered