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[ sing -guh l-mahyn -did ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈmaɪn dɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
dedicated; resolute; steadfast: He was single-minded in his concern for truth.
Origin of single-minded First recorded in 1570–80
SYNONYMS FOR single-minded 2 determined, persevering, inflexible, firm.
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OTHER WORDS FROM single-minded sin·gle-mind·ed·ly, adverb sin·gle-mind·ed·ness, noun Words nearby single-minded single-lens reflex, single-lens reflex camera, single-malt, single man, single market, single-minded , single mother, single-name paper, singleness, single occupancy, single out
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Example sentences from the Web for single-minded Nobody doubts his manipulative skills or his single-minded agenda to advance the interests of the corporation he created.
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Everything about Dr. Mike's bespeaks the single-minded passion of a man who has what he is quite certain is the best job on earth.
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Nick Gillespie on why their single-minded zealotry has gone too far.
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And other masters of literary journalism say they recognize the single-minded pursuit of truth at its core.
Jon Krakauer's Hunt for Truth | Nick Summers| April 22, 2011| DAILY BEAST
He is too good, too single-minded , too amiable, too much of a student to play the Csar.
Romantic Spain | John Augustus O'Shea
She was something for the single-minded and primitive McGregor to approach with caution.
Marching Men | Sherwood Anderson
Then, single-minded , he might have discovered to the end of his days.
Mrs. Pasmer had the firm belief that Mavering was not single-minded , and she respected him for it.
April Hopes | William Dean Howells
But not so with his single-minded and quickly and justly appreciating daughter.
The Rangers | D. P. Thompson
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British Dictionary definitions for single-minded adjective having but one aim or purpose; dedicated
Derived forms of single-minded single-mindedly , adverb single-mindedness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to single-minded stubborn, determined, relentless, steadfast, artless, firm, guileless, inflexible, obsessed, persistent, rigid, staunch, unbending, undesigning