blinkered
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blinkered (comparative more blinkered, superlative most blinkered)
- Wearing blinkers, that is, blinders.
- (figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
- 2010 August 11, Simon Tisdall, “India's blinkered policy on Kashmir”, in The Guardian:
- But Delhi's blinkered Kashmir policy since partition in 1947—ignoring UN demands for a self-determination plebiscite, rigging elections, manipulating or overthrowing elected governments, and neglecting economic development—lies at the heart of the problem, according to Barbara Crossette, writing in the Nation.
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
- Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”
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having tunnel vision (figurative)
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