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

Why, sir, the sender of these copies of the signal code was so mean, so small minded, so sneaking and so utterly selfish"—-how Phin squirmed in his seat!—-"

From The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)