Small-minded

Synonyms for "small-minded" (32 found)

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Translations

13 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • дребнав adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)
  • ограничен adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Finnish

2 entries
  • ahdasmielinen adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)
  • pikkusieluinen adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

French

1 entries
  • mesquin adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

German

1 entries
  • kleingeistig adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szűk látókörű adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakaaroiti adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Polish

1 entries
  • małostkowy adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • mesquinho adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Romanian

1 entries
  • minte îngustă adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Russian

1 entries
  • ме́лочный adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Spanish

1 entries
  • mezquino adj (selfish; not mindful of the big picture)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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While small-minded, xenophobic or outrightly racist people falsely believe that only persons of Anglo-Saxon or German origin are to be considered Americans, the United States has long prided itself on being a so-called melting pot, embracing both its Indigenous population and immigrants who have settled there from elsewhere.

Source: tatoeba (7927811)

Small-minded people are unaware of their own ignorance.

Source: tatoeba (10800046)

Dinwiddie was evidently actuated by the petty pique of a narrow and illiberal mind, impatient of contradiction, even when in error. . . . It may excite a grave smile at the present day to find Washington charged by this very small-minded man with looseness in his way of writing to him.

Source: wiktionary

[C]onsider the case of the solemn articles in praise of the men who own newspapers—men of the type of Cadbury or Harmsworth, men of the type of the small club of millionaires. . . . These few small-minded men publish papers to praise themselves.

Source: wiktionary

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