literal-minded
[ lit-er-uh l-mahyn-did ]
/ ˈlɪt ər əlˌmaɪn dɪd /
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adjective
unimaginative; prosaic; matter-of-fact.
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Nearby words
literacy, literacy hour, literacy test, literae humaniores, literal, literal-minded, literalism, literality, literalize, literally, literary
Origin of literal-minded
First recorded in 1865–70
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