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[ smawl -mahyn -did ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsmɔlˈmaɪn dɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
Origin of small-minded First recorded in 1840–50
OTHER WORDS FROM small-minded small-mind·ed·ly, adverb small-mind·ed·ness, noun Words nearby small-minded small hours, small increment sensitivity index, small intestine, smallish, small letter, small-minded , smallmouth bass, small pelvis, small pica, small potatoes, smallpox
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Example sentences from the Web for small-minded It is the most small-minded interpretation of "journalism" there is.
Let's Chill Out on the First Person, Journalists | Justin Green| January 2, 2013| DAILY BEAST
This is, inarguably, a small-minded and small-hearted way to look at things, even by the usual silly standards for sports fans.
Derek Jeter Down: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Yankees | David Roth| October 15, 2012| DAILY BEAST
But if pointed barbs from small-minded conservative commentators are what it takes to spur the country into action, then so be it.
After Trayvon, Conservatives Discover Black-on-Black Violence | Mansfield Frazier| April 9, 2012| DAILY BEAST
This sort of thing happens among the short-sighted, small-minded Native Commissioners.
The Rhodesian | Gertrude Page
He was small-minded enough to think that a subject overshadowed him, nec pluribus impar.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 | Various
De Marsay, against whom many people chose to pit Lucien, giving a preference to the poet, was small-minded enough to resent this.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life | Honore de Balzac
The girl looked very pale and sad, and could not even raise a smile, at all the sharp manœuvres and small-minded whines of Pixie.
Perlycross | R. D. Blackmore
But those about him, both men and women, are so commonplace and small-minded !
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
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British Dictionary definitions for small-minded adjective narrow-minded; petty; intolerant; mean
Derived forms of small-minded small-mindedly , adverb small-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 small-minded biased, bigoted, conservative, illiberal, intolerant, opinionated, petty, prejudiced, selfish, short-sighted