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small-minded
Word definitions for small-minded in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [syn: petty ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The tone of the book is small-minded and intolerant. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As chairman of housing in Lambeth in the early 1970s, he was every inch the small-minded functionary. ▪ Believe it or not, but there are ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
Usage examples of small-minded.
Maximus, scarcely taller than a dwarf, and I daresay there was much that was dwarflike about him, for his large head, overdeveloped torso, and short, spindly legs caused him to walk with a sort of swaying waddle that never failed to elicit snickers from the small-minded palace eunuchs as he passed.
He had taken her from the protection of her own people and brought her here among the bigoted, small-minded humans that were his own subjects.
Muncel was a vain, petty, small-minded, conniving cheat who could barely wield a sword and did not understand the concept of honor.
It is not merely a board of trustees or a body of legislators who must be converted to the justice of extending this right to women, but also the great masses of men, including the ignorant, the foreign-born, the small-minded and the vicious.
I will not bore you with a recitation of my own personal injuries suffered by the small-minded atti.
Post-Miracle America isn't a pretty sight: it's small-minded, parochial, and reactionarily religious.