small-minded
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Determined to give her niece a stable upbringing, Aunt Irene unhappily but dutifully left a comfortable life in Ohio to return to her small-minded hometown in the Deep South.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
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
Speaking ahead of his appearance, he said he wanted to show people he was not "mean-spirited, small-minded, nasty".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
It was a small-minded and ludicrous insult, sure, but his mocking of my intellect, his marginalizing of my young self, carried with it a larger dismissiveness.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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