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small minded
adjective as in intolerant
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adjective as in little
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adjective as in narrow-minded
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adjective as in parochial
adjective as in petty
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adjective as in provincial
adjective as in racist
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adjective as in small-minded
adjective as in sordid
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adjective as in bigoted
adjective as in inconsiderable
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- base
- casual
- cheap
- contemptible
- frivolous
- inconsequent
- inessential
- inferior
- irrelevant
- junior
- lesser
- light
- little
- lower
- measly
- minor
- narrow-minded
- negligible
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- nugatory
- of no account
- paltry
- peanut
- penny-ante
- pettifogging
- picayune
- piddling
- scratch
- secondary
- shabby
- shallow
- shoestring
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- subordinate
- trifling
- two-bit
- unimportant
adjective as in narrow-minded
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Example Sentences
The man who explored universes in his works was ridiculously small-minded.
Never small-minded, the worst I ever heard him say of anybody was that he (or she) was “boring.”
It is the most small-minded interpretation of "journalism" there is.
This is, inarguably, a small-minded and small-hearted way to look at things, even by the usual silly standards for sports fans.
But if pointed barbs from small-minded conservative commentators are what it takes to spur the country into action, then so be it.
Petrarch was not small-minded, as the noble letter in which he offers to buy his friend's library proves.
Her obstinate conduct towards the Fitzclarences is small-minded of her, and to explain it she affects a ridiculous prudery.
The hotel manager was a small-minded man with a narrow-minded outlook and a brain that was almost totally unable to learn.
He refused and felt so small-minded at using his authority against a child that it was a relief to vent his ill-humour on a man.
The modern, small-minded ascetic endeavours to grow spiritually by destroying his physical instincts instead of by using them.
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to small-minded, such as: biased, bigoted, conservative, illiberal, intolerant, and opinionated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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