lowminded

See also: low-minded

English

Etymology

low +‎ minded

Adjective

lowminded (comparative more lowminded, superlative most lowminded)

  1. Alternative form of low-minded
    • 1799, William Jones, The works: in six volumes - Volume 4, page 120:
      ...nor were the benefits inconsiderable, which we had conferred on him nor was I lowminded and unambitious enough to aliene his property...
    • 2013, Edward Short, Newman and his Family, →ISBN:
      I do not mean to say that Frank is positively lowminded, but he is decidedly not high minded, and I believe he does not, nor ever will, do you justice...
    • 2009, Angus James Wrenn, Henry James and the Second Empire, →ISBN, page 74:
      ...James says that she was 'born in the Paris boulevard', and concludes that she 'was, in plain English, a very lowminded young woman.
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