small-minded
Example Sentences
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“The small minded of the world don’t like thinkers and doers, especially when they succeed.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Everyone knows that their new bosses are small minded and petty, and everyone expects tomorrow to be worse than today.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025
"This is the tyranny of the petty and small minded."
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023
I found it amazing how small minded L.A. people are about the place.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2020
Of course Polly was not jealous, that would be too small minded and absurd, only it was curious for her dearest friend to be sharing her secrets with other persons than herself.
From The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill by Vandercook, Margaret
