Antonyms for single-minded
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sing-guhl-mahyn-did |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪŋ gəlˈmaɪn dɪd |
Definition of single-minded
Origin :- 1570s, "sincere, honest" (a sense also in single-hearted); meaning "having a single aim or purpose" is from 1860. See single (adj.) + minded. Related: Single-mindedly; single-mindedness.
- adj resolute
- Every man should be true and single-minded, and should not allow himself to be deceived by others.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- That Alexander may have been single-minded in his purpose has never been supposed.
- Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
- Such men are dangerous in proportion as they are single-minded.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- He and Algernon Sydney are remembered as single-minded and high-souled men.
- Extract from : « Holborn and Bloomsbury » by Sir Walter Besant
- Even the most sincere and single-minded martyr has an eye on that halo.
- Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore
- Up to this time her love for the stage had been single-minded.
- Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland
- Not that the single-minded young man reasoned about it this way.
- Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner
- He is, for evil or for good, the most single-minded man alive.
- Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
- And when I say single-minded, I mean just that, and no more.
- Extract from : « Hilda Wade » by Grant Allen
- "Yes, your son is a sincere, single-minded man," agreed Arkady.
- Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Synonyms for single-minded
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