small-minded

Example Sentences

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In Mohit’s telling, Laxman seems merely grubby and small-minded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

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

It’s a small-minded and petty ploy, but it’s a dangerous one.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

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

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