OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 43110

small-minded

Meanings (ES + gloss)
mezquino
Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
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…
[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. . .…
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