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literal-minded

American  
[lit-er-uhl-mahyn-did] / ˈlɪt ər əlˌmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

  1. unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.


Etymology

Origin of literal-minded

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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"Sensitivity to language is important and necessary, but we've become too literal-minded".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

As Elizabeth Yuko wrote for the History Channel last year, it was the rise of Charismatic Christianity — and televangelists like Billy Graham — who helped bring the fiery and literal-minded approach to contemporary demon-busting.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

"Started out as a good idea - Let's be nice to people' - and finished up as a humorless, censorious, literal-minded, posturing idiocy," he wrote.

From Fox News • Apr. 15, 2021

Girls did something that might have prompted the frontperson of another, more literal-minded band to consider changing its name.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Charlie, also literal-minded and still after the foot, echoed Rachel, "You bet your life it is."

From Erik Dorn by Hecht, Ben

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