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blindness

[blahynd-nis] / ˈblaɪnd nɪs /
NOUN
sightlessness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
amaurosis astigmatism cataracts darkness presbyopia
WEAK
anopsia purblindness typhlosis
Antonyms
WEAK
sight sightedness


Example Sentences

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This can cause sudden partial or complete blindness in one or both eyes.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Tatel is legally blind and seemingly feared that the justice would act with factual blindness.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

She and Basil Petrou developed a financial instrument designed to attract investors to the kind of promising, early-stage medical research on blindness that traditionally fails to gather enough funding to proceed to FDA trials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Mange is a common issue for foxes, especially during winter, with many foxes dying or being left with serious injuries such as blindness.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

They sat dispersed in that hollow, huge, dusty blindness.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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