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small-minded Definition

small·-minded (-mīn′did)

adjective

blindly selfish, prejudiced, vindictive, etc.; petty; mean; narrow

small-minded Related Forms
small′·-mind′edly adverb small′·-mind′edness noun
small-minded Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • people: I cannot remember these small-minded people complaining about John Major watching cricket or Margaret Thatcher entertaining at Chequers while Prime Minister.
  • wife: So far below me I see the confusion, small-minded men with their small-minded wives.
  • man: Like many southern officials, I thought Balewa was a creep and a very small-minded little man.
  • bigot: The furor was bound to happen anyway, surrounded as he was by small-minded bigots, so he should have published earlier.
  • comment: The issue is not Rio's guilt, it is the small-minded comments from a siddy fan that I object to.
  • view: Certainly I have little interest in his small-minded views.