Usage of "small-minded"

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

Contemptibly narrow in outlook.

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Usage of small-minded in inglês

Yes thank you Cheryll for being nothing but a small-minded heartless person. 
 The South African 

Such is the measure of the understanding of these small-minded, contemptible people. 
 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh 

Madam, - Your Editorial on Charlie McCreevy was mealy mouthed and small-minded. 
 The Irish Times 

This marshmallow man was every bit as small-minded as the mortal men. 
 The Forest Monster of Oz 

The town's denizens are small-minded, prejudicial folk prone to hysteria and fear. 
 News.com.au 

I suppose in these memories I see too my uptight, small-minded outlook. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

Why should we not disregard the small-minded ambition that struggles for place? 
 Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 

While they complied, Camilla described their actions as disgusting, disrespectful, and small-minded. 
 Radio NZ 

If Roseman is right, my concerns about costs will look small-minded. 
 Reuters 

Being conservative, might I remind you, need not equal being small-minded or intolerant. 
 All the pretty dead girls 

Feminism has been very small-minded in the way it has treated male history. 
 Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism 

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 ... 

LEE: It's not easy being a big girl in a somewhat small-minded world. 
 Ebony 

Called us small-minded pencil pushers stagnating in a quagmire of petty ethical constraints. 
 Caliban's War 

To be called a Luddite is to be depicted as backward and small-minded. 
 The Irish Times 

Any other view of living seemed not only foolish but small-minded. 
 Together 

Meanings of small-minded in inglês