small-minded

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Limbaugh makes millions off of being a small-minded tactless jerk.

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contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

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adjective

contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for small-minded.

adjective

contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

Example sentences

Limbaugh makes millions off of being a small-minded tactless jerk.

"small-minded, deep-south like approach to cultural issues"stereotyping isn't really helping when talking about issues likes this

Wanting things to be less complex, and wanting people and societies to be without internal contradictions is understandable, but small-minded.

Confident, ambitious people should be celebrated, not hammered down by small-minded people who are offended whenever someone tries to achieve above their station.

The problem in business, especially with resume culture, is that everything comes down to discussion of people, because there are so many small-minded people in positions of power.

Instead employees are expected to get hired with insanely specific skills and "hit the ground running" working for some clueless line and project managers who don't give a damn about what happens outside of their small-minded metrics.