Unblinded vs. Blind — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Unblinded and Blind
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Definitions
Unblinded➦
Simple past tense and past participle of unblind
Blind➦
Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition
Guide dogs for the blind
He was blind in one eye
A blind man with a stick
Unblinded➦
Not having been blinded.
Blind➦
Lacking perception, awareness, or judgement
She was blind to the realities of her position
A blind acceptance of the status quo
Blind➦
(of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round
Two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road
Blind➦
Not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions)
This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers
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Blind➦
(of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers
Planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind
Blind➦
Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily
Her eyes were blinded with scalding tears
The injury temporarily blinded him
Blind➦
Deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception
He was blinded by his faith
Somehow Clare and I were blinded to the truth
Blind➦
Move very fast and dangerously
I could see the bombs blinding along above the roof tops
Blind➦
A screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats
She pulled down the blinds
Blind➦
Something designed to conceal one's real intentions
He phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife
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Blind➦
A heavy drinking bout
He's off on a blind again
Blind➦
Without being able to see clearly
He was the first pilot in history to fly blind
Wines were tasted blind
Blind➦
Unable to see with the eyes; sightless.
Blind➦
Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
Blind➦
Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
Blind➦
Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result
Blind taste tests used in marketing studies.
Blind➦
Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge
A blind stab at answering the question.
Blind➦
Performed by instruments and without the use of sight
Blind navigation.
Blind➦
Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
Blind to a lover's faults.
Blind➦
Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning
Put blind faith in their leaders.
Blind➦
(Slang) Drunk.
Blind➦
Lacking reason or purpose
Blind fate.
Blind choice.
Blind➦
Incompletely or illegibly addressed
Blind mail.
Blind➦
Hidden from sight
A blind seam.
Blind➦
Screened from the view of oncoming motorists
A blind driveway.
Blind➦
Secret or otherwise undisclosed
A blind item in a military budget.
Blind➦
Closed at one end
A blind socket.
A blind passage.
Blind➦
Having no opening
A blind wall.
Blind➦
Immoderate or unrestrained
Blind rage.
Blind➦
(Botany) Failing to produce flowers or fruits
A blind bud.
Blind➦
(used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the
A radio station for reading to the blind.
Blind➦
Often blinds Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.
Blind➦
A shelter for concealing hunters, photographers, or observers of wildlife.
Blind➦
Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.
Blind➦
A forced bet in poker that is placed before the cards are dealt.
Blind➦
Without seeing; blindly.
Blind➦
Without the aid of visual reference
Flew blind through the fog.
Blind➦
Without forethought or provision; unawares
Entered into the scheme blind.
Blind➦
Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result
“When you read blind, you see everything but the author” (Margaret Atwood).
Blind➦
(Informal) Into a stupor
Drank themselves blind.
Blind➦
Used as an intensive
Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.
Blind➦
To deprive of sight
Was blinded in an industrial accident.
Blind➦
To dazzle
Skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.
Blind➦
To deprive of perception or insight
Prejudice that blinded them to the proposal's merits.
Blind➦
To withhold light from
Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.
Blind➦
(not comparable) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.
Braille is a writing system for the blind.
His blind eye
Blind➦
(comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
The lovers were blind to each other's faults.
Authors are blind to their own defects.
Blind➦
(not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.
A blind path
A blind ditch
A blind corner
Blind➦
(not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
A blind alley
A blind fistula
A blind gut
Blind➦
(not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
A blind wall
A blind alley
Blind➦
Smallest or slightest.
I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.
We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.
Blind➦
(not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.
He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
Blind➦
(not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
Blind deference
Blind justice
Blind punishment
Blind➦
(science) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
A blind trial
Blind➦
Unintelligible or illegible.
A blind passage in a book; blind writing
Blind➦
(horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
Blind buds
Blind flowers
Blind➦
Uncircumcised
Blind➦
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
Blind➦
A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
Blind➦
Any device intended to conceal or hide.
A duck blind
Blind➦
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
Blind➦
(military) A blindage.
Blind➦
A hiding place.
Blind➦
The blindside.
Blind➦
No score.
Blind➦
(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.
Blind➦
(poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
Blind➦
(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?
Blind➦
To curse.
Blind➦
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
Blind➦
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Blind➦
Without seeing; unseeingly.
Blind➦
(colloquial) Absolutely, totally.
To swear blind
Blind➦
Without looking at the cards dealt.
Blind➦
As a pastry case only, without any filling.
Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a "soggy bottom".
Blind➦
Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.
He that is strucken blind can not forgetThe precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
Blind➦
Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.
Blind➦
Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
Blind➦
Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.
Blind➦
Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
The blind mazes of this tangled wood.
Blind➦
Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
Blind➦
Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
Blind➦
Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.
Blind➦
To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater.
Blind➦
To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.
Her beauty all the rest did blind.
Blind➦
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
Such darkness blinds the sky.
The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
Blind➦
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Blind➦
Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.
Blind➦
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
Blind➦
A blindage. See Blindage.
Blind➦
A halting place.
Blind➦
See Blende.
Blind➦
People who have severe visual impairments;
He spent hours reading to the blind
Blind➦
A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters);
He waited impatiently in the blind
Blind➦
Something that keeps things out or hinders sight;
They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
Blind➦
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity;
He wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge
The holding company was just a blind
Blind➦
Render unable to see
Blind➦
Make blind by putting the eyes out;
The criminals were punished and blinded
Blind➦
Make dim by comparison or conceal
Blind➦
Unable to see
Blind➦
Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand;
Blind to a lover's faults
Blind to the consequences of their actions
Blind➦
Not based on reason or evidence;
Blind hatred
Blind faith
Unreasoning panic
