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
But it’s not just the small — and small-minded, and small-hearted — wealthy libertarian or right-wing elite.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025
“I love it. It’s gorgeous. I mean, I don’t like the small-minded people that live here. Narrow-minded, narrow boys’ club.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
Part of what makes “Civil War” so powerful is how plausible it is, depicting people in rare moments at their best but more often at their worst, riven by self-interest and small-minded fears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
How small-minded and hypocritical mortal man was, for even as they despised the enders of life, they loved nature—which, in those days, took every human life ever conceived.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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