low-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of low-minded
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Schemer, climber, manipulator, wielder of high-minded covers for low-minded exploitation, Morf doesn’t do much actual writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2019
‘Because the Taliban themselves are low-minded, they think every woman and girl is just like them,’ the medical student says.
From Newsweek ● Dec. 12, 2012
It undermines authority and nourishes a low-minded culture of winks and smirks.
From Time Magazine Archive
In all else he was a low-minded man, vulgar in his thoughts, most unprincely in his habits.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
Some low-minded scheming limb of the law might pay court to Phœbe, with but one end in view.
From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
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