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blind
unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
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adjective
unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
“blind to a lover's faults”
adjective
not based on reason or evidence
“blind hatred”
adjective
unable to see
“{'source': 'Kenneth Jernigan', 'text': 'a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision'}”
noun
a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”
noun
a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
“he waited impatiently in the blind”
noun
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
“he wasn't sick — it was just a subterfuge”
noun
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
“he spent hours reading to the blind”
verb
make dim by comparison or conceal
verb
make blind by putting the eyes out
“The criminals were punished and blinded”
verb
render unable to see
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blind to a lover's faults
blind to the consequences of their actions
blind hatred
blind faith
unreasoning panic
{'source': 'Kenneth Jernigan', 'text': 'a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision'}
they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
he waited impatiently in the blind
he wasn't sick — it was just a subterfuge
the holding company was just a blind
he spent hours reading to the blind
The criminals were punished and blinded
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