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

“I’m sure there are small-minded people in Manhattan, but our show just wasn’t focused on that part,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

Much of it is faux outrage by small-minded attention seekers.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2023

Speaking ahead of his appearance, he said he wanted to show people he was not "mean-spirited, small-minded, nasty".

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

I think the disappointment was in myself, for thinking that Samir was simply a small-minded chatterer.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri