blinkered
adjective
blink·ered
ˈbliŋ-kərd 
1
: limited in scope or understanding : narrow-minded
2
: fitted with blinders
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The variety of politics that preoccupied the literary scene in New York turned out to be fractious, blinkered, and less than helpful on almost every front, including the artistic.
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
By that blinkered calculus, an informative podcast will always trump music.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
The strong ensemble includes Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker, and a revelatory straight-man turn from Josh Hutcherson, but its undeniable center is star and series creator Rachel Sennott, whose performance as the blinkered, ambitious Maia holds these spiraling players together.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
By that blinkered calculus, an informative podcast will always trump music.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
The strong ensemble includes Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker, and a revelatory straight-man turn from Josh Hutcherson, but its undeniable center is star and series creator Rachel Sennott, whose performance as the blinkered, ambitious Maia holds these spiraling players together.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinkered. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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