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
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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