small-minded en · ADJ
Meanings
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Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
Dinwiddie was evidently actuated by the petty pique of a narrow and illiberal mind, impatient of contradiction, even when in error. . . . It may excite a grave smile at the present day to find Washington charged by this very small-minded man with looseness in his way of writing to him.
1855–1859, Washington Irving, chapter 22, in The Life of George Washington, volume 1:That someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many small-minded racists, both black and white, to comprehend.
2007 February 1, Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates, “Is Obama Black Enough?”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2021:[C]onsider the case of the solemn articles in praise of the men who own newspapers—men of the type of Cadbury or Harmsworth, men of the type of the small club of millionaires. . . . These few small-minded men publish papers to praise themselves.
1907, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Tyranny of Bad Journalism”, in Utopia of Usurers and other Essays:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most small-minded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| smaller-minded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| smallest-minded | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more small-minded | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
small-mindedly · small-mindedness
Translations (13)
pt mesquinho (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · hu szűk látókörű (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · ro minte îngustă (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · ca tancat de ment (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · de kleingeistig (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · bg дребнав (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · bg ограничен (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · ru ме́лочный (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · fr mesquin (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · mi whakaaroiti (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · pl małostkowy (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · fi pikkusieluinen (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) · fi ahdasmielinen (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)