base-minded

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Liberal and brave men live best, they seldom cherish sorrow; but a base-minded man dreads everything; the niggardly is uneasy even at gifts.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

"Wrong about what?" said Moulder, turning very sharply upon his base-minded compatriot.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony

I wonder how base-minded that king thinks me, that, with patience, I can digest this dishonourable ——.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

She was not base-minded; nothing could have induced her to marry a man, however rich, whom she thought wicked.

From Cashel Byron's Profession by Shaw, Bernard

For all that, he does not appear in his writings a selfish or base-minded man.

From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Harris, Frank