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Meanings of small-minded in inglés

Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.

Contemptibly narrow in outlook.

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Examples for "petty"
Examples for "petty"
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Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett said the group were playing petty politics.
Radio NZ
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Which was true, of course, and petty of me to bring up.
Man in the Middle
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I don't have time to resolve these petty family squabbles right now.
Star trek: terok nor: dawn of the eagles
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Oppression, daily petty harassment and humiliation are the breeding ground for violence.
The Irish Times
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The provost, however, had never wasted his time with such petty artifice.
Inferno
Usage of small-minded in inglés
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Yes thank you Cheryll for being nothing but a small-minded heartless person.
The South African
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Such is the measure of the understanding of these small-minded, contemptible people.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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Madam, - Your Editorial on Charlie McCreevy was mealy mouthed and small-minded.
The Irish Times
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This marshmallow man was every bit as small-minded as the mortal men.
The Forest Monster of Oz
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The town's denizens are small-minded, prejudicial folk prone to hysteria and fear.
News.com.au
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I suppose in these memories I see too my uptight, small-minded outlook.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Why should we not disregard the small-minded ambition that struggles for place?
Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
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While they complied, Camilla described their actions as disgusting, disrespectful, and small-minded.
Radio NZ
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If Roseman is right, my concerns about costs will look small-minded.
Reuters
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Being conservative, might I remind you, need not equal being small-minded or intolerant.
All the pretty dead girls
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Feminism has been very small-minded in the way it has treated male history.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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To small-minded statesmen it seemed that the situation called for conquest.
The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World ...
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LEE: It's not easy being a big girl in a somewhat small-minded world.
Ebony
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Called us small-minded pencil pushers stagnating in a quagmire of petty ethical constraints.
Caliban's War
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To be called a Luddite is to be depicted as backward and small-minded.
The Irish Times
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Any other view of living seemed not only foolish but small-minded.
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