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to be blinkered

  • 1 de miras estrechas

    = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.
    * * *
    = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded

    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de miras estrechas

  • 2 úzkoprsý

    Czech-English dictionary > úzkoprsý

  • 3 con anteojeras

    • blinkered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > con anteojeras

  • 4 зашоренный

    blinkered

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > зашоренный

  • 5 mit Scheuklappen

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > mit Scheuklappen

  • 6 nicht über den Tellerrand hinausschauend

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > nicht über den Tellerrand hinausschauend

  • 7 betriebsblind

    Adj. blind to the company’s failings
    * * *
    be|triebs|blind
    adj
    blind to the shortcomings of one's (own) company
    * * *
    be·triebs·blind
    adj having become blind to shortcomings in company processes [after many years of employment]
    * * *
    Adjektiv inured to the shortcomings of working methods postpos.; professionally blinkered

    betriebsblind werden — get into a rut or become blinkered in one's work

    * * *
    betriebsblind adj blind to the company’s failings
    * * *
    Adjektiv inured to the shortcomings of working methods postpos.; professionally blinkered

    betriebsblind werden — get into a rut or become blinkered in one's work

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > betriebsblind

  • 8 cerrazón

    f.
    narrow-mindedness.
    * * *
    1 (del cielo) stormy sky, black sky
    2 figurado (estupidez) dimness, denseness
    \
    cerrazón mental narrow-mindedness
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=obstinación) bloody-mindedness
    2) (=torpeza) dimwittedness
    3) [del cielo] threatening sky, storm clouds pl
    * * *
    masculino ( terquedad) stubbornness; ( mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude
    * * *
    masculino ( terquedad) stubbornness; ( mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude
    * * *
    (terquedad) stubbornness; (mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude, narrow-mindedness
    * * *

    cerrazón sustantivo masculino ( terquedad) stubbornness;
    ( mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude
    * * *
    1. [obstinación] stubbornness, obstinacy
    2. [falta de inteligencia] dim-wittedness
    3. RP [niebla] heavy mist
    * * *
    f fig
    narrow-mindedness
    * * *
    cerrazón nf, pl - zones : obstinacy, stubbornness

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerrazón

  • 9 œillère

    œjɛʀ
    nom féminin ( du cheval) blinker, blinder US

    avoir or porter des œillères — fig to have a blinkered attitude

    * * *
    1 ( du cheval) blinker, blinder US; avoir or porter des œillères fig to have a blinkered attitude, to wear blinders US;
    2 ( pour bain d'yeux) eyebath GB, eyecup US.
    [ɶjɛr] nom féminin
    1. [de cheval] blinker (UK), blinder (US)
    avoir des œillères (figuré) to be blinkered, to have a blinkered view of things
    2. [coupelle] eyebath

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > œillère

  • 10 jednotorow|y

    adj. 1. Transp. single-track attr.
    - kolejka jednotorowa a single-track railway (line)
    2. przen. blinkered przen.
    - jednotorowe myślenie blinkered thinking
    - jednotorowe działania policji the blinkered a. unimaginative action taken by the police

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > jednotorow|y

  • 11 Enge

    f; -, -n
    1. nur Sg.; einer Straße etc.: narrowness; einer überfüllten Wohnung etc.: cramped ( bedrückend: claustrophobic) conditions Pl., crampedness, pokiness pej.; von Kleidung: tightness
    2. (enge Stelle) narrow passage, bottleneck, constriction
    3. GEOG. (Meerenge) strait(s Pl.) narrows Pl., channel
    4. nur Sg.; fig. (Beschränktheit) narrow(minded)ness, blinkered outlook; (Engpass) bottleneck; in die Enge treiben drive into a corner, get s.o. cornered umg.; in die Enge getrieben with one’s back to the wall, up against it
    * * *
    die Enge
    narrow space; narrowness
    * * *
    Ẹn|ge ['ɛŋə]
    f -, -n
    1) no pl (von Straße etc) narrowness; (von Wohnung) confinement; (= Gedrängtheit) crush; (von Kleid etc) tightness; (fig) (= Ärmlichkeit) straitened circumstances pl, poverty; (= Beschränktheit) narrowness, limited or restricted nature
    2) (= Meerenge) strait; (= Engpass) pass, defile

    jdn in die Enge treiben (fig) — to drive sb into a corner

    * * *
    En·ge
    <-, -n>
    [ˈɛŋə]
    f
    1. kein pl (schmale Beschaffenheit) narrowness
    2. kein pl (Beschränktheit: räumlich) confinement
    in großer räumlicher \Enge in very cramped conditions; (geistig) narrowness; (zeitlich) closeness
    aufgrund der \Enge eines Termins because a deadline is so close
    jdn in die \Enge treiben to drive sb into a corner
    * * *
    die; Enge, Engen
    1) o. Pl. confinement; restriction
    2)

    jemanden in die Enge treiben — (fig.) drive somebody into a corner

    * * *
    Enge f; -, -n
    1. nur sg; einer Straße etc: narrowness; einer überfüllten Wohnung etc: cramped ( bedrückend: claustrophobic) conditions pl, crampedness, pokiness pej; von Kleidung: tightness
    2. (enge Stelle) narrow passage, bottleneck, constriction
    3. GEOG (Meerenge) strait(s pl) narrows pl, channel
    4. nur sg; fig (Beschränktheit) narrow(minded)ness, blinkered outlook; (Engpass) bottleneck;
    in die Enge treiben drive into a corner, get sb cornered umg;
    in die Enge getrieben with one’s back to the wall, up against it
    * * *
    die; Enge, Engen
    1) o. Pl. confinement; restriction
    2)

    jemanden in die Enge treiben — (fig.) drive somebody into a corner

    * * *
    -n f.
    closeness n.
    constriction n.
    narrowness n.
    tightness n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Enge

  • 12 Froschperspektive

    f worm’s eye view; Film: auch tilt shot; aus der Froschperspektive sehen have a worm’s eye view of; fig. take a narrow view of
    * * *
    Frọsch|per|spek|ti|ve
    f
    worm's-eye view; (fig) blinkered view

    etw aus der Froschperspektive fotografieren/sehen — to take/get a worm's-eye view of sth

    * * *
    Frosch·per·spek·ti·ve
    f worm's-eye view
    etw aus der \Froschperspektive betrachten to have a worm's-eye view of sth
    etw aus der \Froschperspektive fotografieren to photograph sth from a worm's-eye view
    * * *
    die worm's-eye view
    * * *
    Froschperspektive f worm’s eye view; FILM auch tilt shot;
    aus der Froschperspektive sehen have a worm’s eye view of; fig take a narrow view of
    * * *
    die worm's-eye view
    * * *
    f.
    worm's-eye view n.
    worms eye n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Froschperspektive

  • 13 Scheuklappen

    Pl. blinkers (auch fig.), Am. blinders; Scheuklappen vor den Augen haben fig. have blinkers on, wear blinkers, be blinkered; mit Scheuklappen herumlaufen oder durchs Leben gehen (constantly) go around with blinkers on
    * * *
    die Scheuklappen
    blinkers (Pl.)
    * * *
    Scheuklappen pl blinkers (auch fig), US blinders;
    Scheuklappen vor den Augen haben fig have blinkers on, wear blinkers, be blinkered;
    durchs Leben gehen (constantly) go around with blinkers on

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Scheuklappen

  • 14 Scheuklappenmentalität

    f blinkered view ( oder mentality)
    * * *
    Scheuklappenmentalität f blinkered view ( oder mentality)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Scheuklappenmentalität

  • 15 Scheuklappe

    die Scheuklappe
    blinker; blinder
    * * *
    Scheu|klap|pe
    f
    blinker (Brit), blinder (US)

    Schéúklappen haben or tragen (lit, fig) — to be blinkered (Brit), to wear blinkers (Brit) or blinders (US)

    mit Schéúklappen herumlaufen or durchs Leben laufen — to be wearing blinkers (Brit) or blinders (US)

    * * *
    Scheu·klap·pe
    f blinkers pl BRIT, blinders pl AM
    ▶ \Scheuklappen aufhaben [o tragen] to have a blinkered attitude BRIT, to have a closed mind
    * * *
    f.
    blinker (horses) n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Scheuklappe

  • 16 cada vez mayor

    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex. Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex. The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex. The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex. There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex. Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex. By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex. Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex. The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex. The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * * *
    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex: Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex: Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex: The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex: The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex: There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex: Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex: By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex: Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex: The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex: The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex: The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez mayor

  • 17 creciente

    adj.
    1 growing (seguridad, confianza).
    2 increasing, incremental, mounting, raising.
    3 crescent, raising.
    4 swelling.
    f.
    1 rise in waters.
    2 flood tide.
    3 crescent.
    * * *
    1 (que crece) growing; (que aumenta) increasing
    2 (precios) rising
    3 (luna) crescent (in the first quarter)
    1 (de agua) flood, spate
    * * *
    adj.
    growing, increasing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [tendencia, demanda, volumen] growing, increasing
    2) [luna] waxing
    cuarto 2., 2)
    2.
    SM (Astron) [de la luna] crescent
    3.
    SF [de río] flood
    * * *
    a) <interés/necesidad> increasing
    b) (Astron)
    * * *
    = ever-growing, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, burgeoning, proliferative, escalating, heightening.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. Haemorrhage was noted over the surface of the detached retina and the optic nerve head was covered by a proliferative white structure.
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    ----
    * luna creciente = waxing moon.
    * * *
    a) <interés/necesidad> increasing
    b) (Astron)
    * * *
    = ever-growing, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, burgeoning, proliferative, escalating, heightening.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.

    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex: Haemorrhage was noted over the surface of the detached retina and the optic nerve head was covered by a proliferative white structure.
    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * luna creciente = waxing moon.

    * * *
    1 ‹interés/necesidad› increasing, growing
    2 ( Astron):
    luna creciente waxing moon
    cuarto2 (↑ cuarto (2))
    * * *

     

    creciente adjetivo
    a) ‹interés/necesidad› increasing

    b) (Astron):


    creciente adjetivo
    1 growing, increasing 2 cuarto creciente, crescent
    ' creciente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuarta
    - cuarto
    - luna
    - militarista
    - marea
    English:
    crescent
    - gathering
    - growing
    - increasing
    - rising
    - body
    - escalate
    - mount
    * * *
    1. [seguridad, confianza] growing
    2. [luna] crescent, waxing
    * * *
    I adj cantidad growing; luna waxing
    II f
    :
    creciente (lunar) crescent (of the moon)
    * * *
    1) : growing, increasing
    2)
    luna creciente : waxing moon

    Spanish-English dictionary > creciente

  • 18 en aumento

    (adj.) = burgeoning, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, heightening
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * * *
    (adj.) = burgeoning, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, heightening

    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.

    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en aumento

  • 19 miras

    Ex. Publishers, teachers and librarians need to adjust their field of vision and accept a trend away from Europe to one geared towards Africa, Asia, the Hispanic World, the Pacific Islands and Arabian countries.
    ----
    * con miras a (+ Infinitivo) = with a view to (+ Gerundio).
    * con miras al futuro = forward-looking.
    * cortas miras = nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    * corto de miras = myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted].
    * de miras estrechas = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded.
    * de miras hacia el exterior = outward looking.
    * de miras hacia fuera = outwardly.
    * estrechez de miras = narrowness, tunnel vision.
    * estrecho de miras = narrow-minded.
    * * *

    Ex: Publishers, teachers and librarians need to adjust their field of vision and accept a trend away from Europe to one geared towards Africa, Asia, the Hispanic World, the Pacific Islands and Arabian countries.

    * con miras a (+ Infinitivo) = with a view to (+ Gerundio).
    * con miras al futuro = forward-looking.
    * cortas miras = nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    * corto de miras = myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted].
    * de miras estrechas = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded.
    * de miras hacia el exterior = outward looking.
    * de miras hacia fuera = outwardly.
    * estrechez de miras = narrowness, tunnel vision.
    * estrecho de miras = narrow-minded.

    Spanish-English dictionary > miras

  • 20 ser parcial

    v.
    to be partial, to be biased.
    * * *
    (v.) = be partial, bias, feel + partial
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex. I don't feel partial either way but if I were a public librarian I think I would take exception to the idea that there was some kind of common plebeian form which I could use.
    * * *
    (v.) = be partial, bias, feel + partial

    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

    Ex: A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex: I don't feel partial either way but if I were a public librarian I think I would take exception to the idea that there was some kind of common plebeian form which I could use.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser parcial

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  • blinkered — blink|ered [ˈblıŋkəd US ərd] adj 1.) having a limited view of a subject, or refusing to accept or consider different ideas = ↑narrow minded a blinkered attitude/approach ▪ a blinkered attitude to other cultures 2.) a horse that is blinkered is… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • blinkered — adjective 1 having a limited view of a subject or refusing to accept or consider ideas that are new or different: blinkered and outdated attitudes 2 a horse that is blinkered is wearing blinkers …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • blinkered — blink·ered (blĭngʹkərd) adj. Subjective and limited, as in viewpoint or perception: “The characters have a blinkered view and, misinterpreting what they see, sometimes take totally inexpedient action” (Pauline Kael). * * * …   Universalium

  • blinkered — blink|ered [ blıŋkərd ] adjective blinkered opinions or attitudes are very limited, conservative, and often old fashioned: NARROW MINDED …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Blinkered — Someone who is blinkered is narrow minded or narrow sighted they only see one view on a subject. It comes from when horses that pulled carriages wore blinkers to stop them seeing to the side or behind them which stopped them from being startled… …   The American's guide to speaking British

  • blinkered — UK [ˈblɪŋkə(r)d] / US [ˈblɪŋkərd] adjective blinkered opinions or attitudes are very limited, conservative, and often old fashioned …   English dictionary

  • blinkered — [ˈblɪŋkəd] adj blinkered opinions or attitudes are very limited and conservative Syn: narrow minded …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • blinkered — /blɪŋkəd/ (say blingkuhd) adjective 1. wearing blinkers, as a horse. 2. having a narrow outlook; lacking perspective: blinkered approach …  

  • blinkered — adjective Date: 1867 1. limited in scope or understanding ; narrow minded 2. fitted with blinders …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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