small-minded

Example Sentences

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In Mohit’s telling, Laxman seems merely grubby and small-minded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“I’m sure there are small-minded people in Manhattan, but our show just wasn’t focused on that part,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

It’s a small-minded and petty ploy, but it’s a dangerous one.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

So it was like, you gotta get out because St. Louis is so small-minded.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2024

Her bartering and bickering had then seemed small-minded to him; now he was enough older to realize how valiantly she had fought for those under her care.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes