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purblind

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

lacking in insight or understanding; obtuse

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Purblind in a sentence

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Their purblind refusal to see the danger doomed the venture.

Synonyms
obtusedimundiscerningmyopic

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Purblind (adjective) means lacking in insight or understanding; obtuse
Here is purblind used in an example sentence: "Their purblind refusal to see the danger doomed the venture."
Common synonyms for purblind include obtuse, dim, undiscerning, myopic.
Antonyms of purblind include perceptive, discerning, sharp.
Purblind is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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