small-minded

[ smawl-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈsmɔlˈmaɪn dɪd /

selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.

Origin of small-minded

First recorded in 1840–50

small-mind·ed·ly, adverb small-mind·ed·ness, noun

It is the most small-minded interpretation of "journalism" there is.

Let's Chill Out on the First Person, Journalists |Justin Green |January 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This is, inarguably, a small-minded and small-hearted way to look at things, even by the usual silly standards for sports fans.

Derek Jeter Down: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Yankees |David Roth |October 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But if pointed barbs from small-minded conservative commentators are what it takes to spur the country into action, then so be it.

After Trayvon, Conservatives Discover Black-on-Black Violence |Mansfield Frazier |April 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This sort of thing happens among the short-sighted, small-minded Native Commissioners.

The Rhodesian |Gertrude Page

He was small-minded enough to think that a subject overshadowed him, nec pluribus impar.

The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 |Various
De Marsay, against whom many people chose to pit Lucien, giving a preference to the poet, was small-minded enough to resent this.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life |Honore de Balzac
The girl looked very pale and sad, and could not even raise a smile, at all the sharp manœuvres and small-minded whines of Pixie.

Perlycross |R. D. Blackmore
But those about him, both men and women, are so commonplace and small-minded!

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 |Dorothy Duchesse de Dino

small-minded

narrow-minded; petty; intolerant; mean

small-mindedly, adverb small-mindedness, noun