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Synonyms for small-minded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : smawl-mahyn-did
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmɔlˈmaɪn dɪd



Définition of small-minded

  • adj narrow-minded
Example sentences :
  • At the same time, it must not be inferred from this that the Uruguayan is ignorant or small-minded.
  • Extract from : « Uruguay » by W. H. Koebel
  • He thought them too slow, too timid, too small-minded to rescue France from the precipice.
  • Extract from : « Talleyrand » by Joseph McCabe
  • To small-minded statesmen it seemed that the situation called for conquest.
  • Extract from : « The Path of Empire » by Carl Russell Fish
  • It would be small-minded to think of them with rancour, but, by Apollo!
  • Extract from : « New Grub Street » by George Gissing
  • Like all small-minded men, Louis was jealous of superior merit and preferred mediocrity rather than genius in his ministers.
  • Extract from : « Paris and its Story » by Thomas Okey
  • Petrarch was not small-minded, as the noble letter in which he offers to buy his friend's library proves.
  • Extract from : « Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study » by Edward Hutton
  • He nourished a measure of small-minded anxiety lest he be indebted to somebody for something.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • He refused and felt so small-minded at using his authority against a child that it was a relief to vent his ill-humour on a man.
  • Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna
  • The modern, small-minded ascetic endeavours to grow spiritually by destroying his physical instincts instead of by using them.
  • Extract from : « Married Love » by Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • For he was remarkably clever in spite of his small-minded egotism.
  • Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky

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