Usage of "small-minded"

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"

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett said the group were playing petty politics. 
 Radio NZ 

Which was true, of course, and petty of me to bring up. 
 Man in the Middle 

I don't have time to resolve these petty family squabbles right now. 
 Star trek: terok nor: dawn of the eagles 

Oppression, daily petty harassment and humiliation are the breeding ground for violence. 
 The Irish Times 

The provost, however, had never wasted his time with such petty artifice. 
 Inferno 

Uso de small-minded em 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 

Significados de small-minded em inglês