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Webster 1913 Edition
Low-minded
Low′-mindˊed
,Adj.
Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.
Low-minded
and immoral. Macaulay.
All old religious jealousies were condemned as
low-minded
infirmities. Bancroft.
Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
low-minded
- Having coarse, unrefined, vulgar demeanor.
- 2015, Moses Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed, ISBN 1455303828:
- To low-minded, wanton, and passionate persons it appears most cruel that there should be an obstacle in their way to satisfy their carnal appetite, or that a punishment should be inflicted for their doings.
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- Dishonorable.
- 2013, Caroline B. Cooney, Fatal Bargain, ISBN 1453295402:
- Should you go out with a boy just in order to leave the house and be seen in other places? This seemed mean and low-minded.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop:
- 'Now, upon my soul, you know,' said Mr Chuckster, shaking his head gravely, as men are wont to do when they consider things are going a little too far, 'this is altogether such a low-minded affair, that if I didn't feel for the governor, and know that he could never get on without me, I should be obliged to cut the connection.'
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