adj
Meaning 1
Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blindered
Antonyms: unblinkered, unblindered, unblinded
Standard Lemma guide
blinkered
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adj
Meaning 2
Having tunnel vision, being unable to see what is happening around one: uncircumspect, narrow-minded, or both.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blindered
Antonyms: unblinkered, unblindered, unblinded, circumspect
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of blinker
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: met oogkleppen — having tunnel vision (figurative)
- Dutch: kortzichtig — having tunnel vision (figurative)
- German: kurzsichtig — having tunnel vision (figurative)
- German: mit Scheuklappen — having tunnel vision (figurative)
- German: engstirnig — having tunnel vision (figurative)
- Russian: зашо́ренный (zašórennyj) — having tunnel vision (figurative)