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—small-mindedly, adv. —small-mindedness, n./smawl"muyn"did/, adj.selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.[1840-50]
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small-minded — adj thinking too much about your own life and problems and not about important things use this to show disapproval →↑narrow minded ▪ People around here are so small minded. >small mindedness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
small-minded — small minded; small minded·ly; small minded·ness; … English syllables
small-minded — [adj] narrow minded biased, bigoted, conservative, illiberal, intolerant, opinionated, petty, prejudiced, selfish, shortsighted; concepts 403,542 … New thesaurus
small-minded — [smôlmīn΄did] adj. blindly selfish, prejudiced, vindictive, etc.; petty; mean; narrow small mindedly adv. small mindedness n … English World dictionary
small-minded — adjective not willing to change your opinions or ways of behaving ╾ ,small mindedness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
small-minded — index parochial, parsimonious, provincial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
small-minded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having a narrow outlook; petty … English terms dictionary
small-minded — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is small minded, you are critical of them because they have fixed opinions and are unwilling to change them or to think about more general subjects. ...their small minded preoccupation with making… … English dictionary
small-minded — adj. petty; of rigid opinions or narrow outlook. Derivatives: small mindedly adv. small mindedness n. * * * ˌsmall ˈminded [small minded small mindedness] adjective (disapproving) … Useful english dictionary
small-minded — adjective Date: 1847 1. having narrow interests, sympathies, or outlook 2. typical of a small minded person ; marked by pettiness, narrowness, or meanness < small minded conduct > • small mindedly adverb • small mindedness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
small-minded — adjective they were too small minded to listen to our views on interracial marriage Syn: narrow minded, petty, mean spirited, uncharitable; close minded, shortsighted, myopic, blinkered, inward looking, unimaginative, parochial, provincial,… … Thesaurus of popular words
