Used in a Sentence

blindness

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for blindness.

Editorial note

It also doesn't work for people with, say, 100% deuteranopia, but most people with color blindness aren't that severe.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The condition of being blind; unable to see.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of blindness gathered in one view.

noun

The condition of being blind; unable to see.

noun

(figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for blindness.

noun

(figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.

Example sentences

1

It also doesn't work for people with, say, 100% deuteranopia, but most people with color blindness aren't that severe.

2

Maybe you have color blindness and a ROY mix looks the same as an OYG mix.

3

Hmm you could integrate some information about the prevalence of different types of color blindness.

4

Your logo seems like it'd fail pretty hard for individuals with red-weak color blindness.

5

I find the hardest thing for me related to ad blindness is finding the download link for a software.

6

It's the 'mental blindness' that is the biggest obstacle to getting work done.

7

Fortunately, anomalous trichromacy is the most common kind of color blindness.

8

The Austerians' blindness to consequences will provoke a Greek exit from the Euro, and is turning many europeists in many other countries (me included) into euroskeptics.

9

My eyes skipped over it, kind of like ad-blindness.

10

Nicely done guys for spotting the schelp blindness.

11

Until these glasses started going viral, color blindness was an invisible disability that the real world mostly ignored despite its prevalence, because there was no market in fighting it.

12

That's even a higher level of blindness.

Quote examples

1

The same “boost” that it gives to the vision of a person with color blindness can be appreciated with normal color vision as well.

2

It's to the point that I have what can best be described as "Ad Blindness", I don't even see them anymore.

3

For those unaware, I recommend reading up on "inattentional blindness".

4

For someone to complain that mentioning race "politicises" a discussion requires a willful blindness to reality and often seems like an attempt to avoid any discussion of the topic in any context.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use blindness in a sentence?

It also doesn't work for people with, say, 100% deuteranopia, but most people with color blindness aren't that severe.

What does blindness mean?

The condition of being blind; unable to see.

What part of speech is blindness?

blindness is commonly used as noun.