small-minded
Example Sentences
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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
“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
Most of this material doesn't seem political, but it does encourage a form of small-minded narcissism, with the relentless focus on the self.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 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
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
