single-minded
Americanadjective
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having or showing a single aim or purpose.
a single-minded program.
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dedicated; resolute; steadfast.
He was single-minded in his concern for truth.
- Synonyms:
- firm, inflexible, persevering, determined
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of single-minded
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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"That's going to be a challenge and I very much hope that he will take a broad view and different people's views into account rather than be single minded about some of these issues."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023
But it is also about the everyday, how life continues even amidst violence and chaos, how the we continue, with single minded purpose, to make ourselves cups of coffee to greet the morning.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2020
“Also, I despise the media and their single minded focus on making every debate a cockfight,” he tweeted.
From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2020
He, too, became a single minded crusader for computer interactivity.
From Forbes • Sep. 2, 2014
Virgie, however, had become quite single minded since she had discovered food, and with a happy sigh she raised the biscuit to her lips.
From The Littlest Rebel by Peple, Edward Henry
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