Definitions
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- adjective not comparable, of a horse Not wearing
blinkers . - adjective figuratively Not
blinkered ; having full vision or awareness.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Catholic Church is represented by worldly clerics such as the Abbé Chappe, whose unblinkered travels to Siberia, in the 1760s, armed him to denounce Voltaire as the dupe of Catherine the Great.
Why They All Came to Versailles Frederic Raphael 2011
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In 14 events, this festival curated by Vladimir Jurowski explores some less-familiar works to help gain an unblinkered perspective on the composer's achievements.
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An excellent bonus feature is Directed By Andre Tarkovsky, a warm but unblinkered look at the director by his editor on this film.
Michael Giltz: DVD: SciFi Silly, Serious and Everything In Between Michael Giltz 2011
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Certainly, an unblinkered vision of South Asia would feature a country whose fanatically ideological government in 1998 conducted nuclear tests, threatened its neighbour with all-out war and, four years later, presided over the massacre of 2,000 members of a religious minority.
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He is a first-time viewer, unlike the others I am linking to here, and unblinkered by fan lore, so his observations are sometimes strikingly different from the conventional wisdom (it is a rare fan who would rank Vicki top of the First Doctor's companions).
Belgium (and Netherlands) altariel 2010
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An excellent bonus feature is Directed By Andre Tarkovsky, a warm but unblinkered look at the director by his editor on this film.
Michael Giltz: DVD: SciFi Silly, Serious and Everything In Between Michael Giltz 2011
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Such an unblinkered look at the liturgical reforms can, Msgr Ranjith writes, help us to be courageous in improving or changing that which was erroneously introduced and which appears to be incompatible with the true dignity of the Liturgy.
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Yes -- dark and bleak, without any perverse pleasure in examining, unblinkered, the possibilities.
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The unblinkered historical look at what happened is of no interest to almost all Americans.
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Perfect self-effacing, bubble-bursting humour and an unblinkered look at a variety of subjects from Being Shy and Being in the Blues, to Babies and Cats and Dogs a la 1886.
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