Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a narrow or selfish attitude.
- adjective Characterized by pettiness or selfishness.
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- adjective
Selfish ,petty , constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration. - adjective Not interested in (or capable of) thinking about the
big picture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective contemptibly narrow in outlook
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Examples
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I am sorry, but the small-minded, hateful efforts to stop any reform are just stupid politics.
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I am sorry, but the small-minded, hateful efforts to stop any reform are just stupid politics.
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Other people being small-minded or jealous will want to keep me from this goal and will try to constrain me within their limiting rules, or smother me with their negativity.
Rabbi Alan Lurie: Ego-Hijacking: The Dark Side Of "Chasing Your Dreams" Rabbi Alan Lurie 2011
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Look at the comments of the small-minded simpletons who cheer her on because of her looks or her religious cult.
Think Progress » Global warming denier Sarah Palin to appear at ‘Oil Palace’ in Texas. 2010
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By the same types of small-minded twerps that now populate the Republican Party. he was defending one of thiers Ralph.
Think Progress » Mukasey calls Liz Cheney’s ‘Al-Qaeda 7′ ad ‘shoddy and dangerous.’ 2010
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Are our lives so small that this is who we become in our darkened dens, computer screens glowing, as we read about people we perceive to be more glamorous, with more privilege or power, more opportunity, that we must make ourselves feel better about ourselves by posting insipid, mean and small-minded comments on a website?
Christina Pirello: It's Time To Stop Hiding Behind Our Computers Christina Pirello 2011
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For many, fantasy is typified by The Lord of the Rings; Miéville worked up a righteous fury against Tolkien's "cod-Wagnerian pomposity, his small-minded and reactionary love for hierarchical status-quos", calling him "the wen on the arse of fantasy literature" and setting out to "lance the boil".
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Now that the campaign surge of Pennsylvania's "favorite son," Rick Santorum, keeper of public "morality," has turned media attention to the culture wars, it behooves us to consider what kind of social devastation small-minded culture warriors can precipitate in America.
Paul Stoller: Arizona Airheads Paul Stoller 2012
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Are our lives so small that this is who we become in our darkened dens, computer screens glowing, as we read about people we perceive to be more glamorous, with more privilege or power, more opportunity, that we must make ourselves feel better about ourselves by posting insipid, mean and small-minded comments on a website?
Christina Pirello: It's Time To Stop Hiding Behind Our Computers Christina Pirello 2011
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By the same types of small-minded twerps that now populate the Republican Party.
Think Progress » Mukasey calls Liz Cheney’s ‘Al-Qaeda 7′ ad ‘shoddy and dangerous.’ 2010
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