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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

  1. literacy,
  2. literacy hour,
  3. literacy test,
  4. literae humaniores,
  5. literal,
  6. literalism,
  7. literalist,
  8. literality,
  9. literalize,
  10. literally

Origin of literal-minded

First recorded in 1865–70
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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