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Definition of Small-minded
1. Adjective. Contemptibly narrow in outlook. "Disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
Definition of Small-minded
1. Adjective. Selfish, petty, constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration. ¹
2. Adjective. Not interested (or capable) of thinking about the big picture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small-minded
Literary usage of Small-minded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Music in 1888-89 as Heard by Corno Di Bassetto: (later Known as by Bernard Shaw (1917)
"They little know how small-minded "critiques" are, if they habitually wound their
dignity in this greedy fashion. 3.1 was performing myself at Westminster, ..."
2. Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the by Kelly Miller, Joseph R. Gay (1917)
"... DON'T BE SMALL MINDED A broad, liberal minded man is beloved by all, but a
narrow, small minded man is an object of ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
""Chan Gow Doy is a very small- minded man of much ill will, so he should suffer
the penalty of his error." A ring at the door startled Quan. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"There wasn't none of this small-minded scraping and shaving, and adding up and
keeping tally. Them as got it paid, and them as hadn't it didn't, ..."
5. Spiritual Magazine (1868)
"I am thinking, Mr. Editor, if those small-minded persons who tell us that
Spiritualism is the work of Satan were asked what motive they could attribute to ..."
6. Vocabulary and Hand-book of the Chinese Language . . . Romanized in the by Justus Doolittle (1872)
"... the small minded man has no ambition to improve himself. ... .want a seeks
alter goodness, the small minded man seeks the acquisition of wealth. ..."
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