pinheaded
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- pinheadedness noun
Etymology
Origin of pinheaded
Example Sentences
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They believe civics is unnecessary and history is just an ivory tower subject for pinheaded policy wonks and bespectacled academics.
From Los Angeles Times
In the opening scene, a group of faceless, pinheaded figures tries to fix the fluorescent light.
From New York Times
"I thought it was an effort to embarrass the agency to make us look like pinheaded bureaucrats that didn't listen," Cotsworth said.
From Salon
And a long list of weird names would take up a lot of space and sound pinheaded.
From Salon
Then in 2012 he resigned during a rant in which he called his bosses “pinheaded weasels” for asking him to move his show from a weekday to the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times
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