Meanings of too insular in English

They can often seem too insular and inbred to capture a general audience.

Critics have accused the administration of being too insular.

It's not a day to be too insular, since an unexpected contact could prove to be useful!

Pondering the situation, Levin concluded that Time had become too insular and inbred to be revivified from within.

Today's young players are too insular.

Even the Anti-Germans were too insular.

Being too insular could lead to extra pressure, which in turn could give way to easily avoidable, minor mistakes.

He'd hated it: Ojai was too small, too insular and, in the summer months, simply too hot for him.

Even slow-motion staff turnover could add some new talent to an inner circle that has been criticized as too insular.

Making the right impression at the right time will be relatively easy, if you can avoid being a little too insular!

They're part of a growing wave of Sydneysiders seeking out properties in locations they once dismissed for being out of reach or too insular.

Those victories removed some urgency to recruiting an outside figure, which might have reassured some critics who have accused the administration of being too insular.

In 2008, committee member Horace Engdahl was quoted as saying U.S. literature was " too insular," prompting an angry response from some leading American writers.

'We're most of the time too cynical, too insular or just too scared to take a step into the unknown.

"You're too insular," Edeard told him.