low-minded

[ loh-min-did ]

/ ˈloʊˈmɪn dɪd /

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adjective

having or showing a coarse or vulgar taste or interests.

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Origin of low-minded

First recorded in 1720–30

OTHER WORDS FROM low-minded

low·mind·ed·ly, adverblow-mind·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby low-minded

lowly, low-lying, low man on the totem pole, Low Mass, low milling, low-minded, lown, Lowndes, low-necked, lowp, low-pass filter

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How to use low-minded in a sentence

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.
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“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.
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Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
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Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
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It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
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They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.
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The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
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In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.
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British Dictionary definitions for low-minded

low-minded

adjective

having a vulgar or crude mind and character

Derived forms of low-minded

low-mindedly, adverblow-mindedness, noun

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