narrow-minded in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.borné (bornée) [bɔʀne] VB pp

borné → borner

II.borné (bornée) [bɔʀne] ADJ

See also borner

I.borner [bɔʀne] VB trans

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II.se borner VB refl

étriqué (étriquée) [etʀike] ADJ

I.étroit (étroite) [etʀwa, at] ADJ

II.à l'étroit ADV

I.peu [pø] ADV Les emplois de peu avec avant, d'ici, depuis, sous sont traités respectivement sous chacun de ces mots.
Il sera également utile de se reporter à la note d'usage sur les quantités .

1. peu (modifiant un verbe):

peu
not much
il travaille/dort/parle peu
he doesn't work/sleep/talk much
elle gagne assez peu
she doesn't earn very much
elle gagne très/trop peu
she earns very/too little
le radiateur chauffe peu
the radiator doesn't give out much heat
je sors assez/très peu
I don't go out very much/very much at all
je sais me contenter de peu
I'm satisfied with very little
40 euros/un demi-litre/1, 50 m, c'est (bien) peu
40 euros/half a litre/1, 50 m, that's not (very) much
20 personnes, c'est peu
20 people, that's not many
dix minutes/deux mois ça fait peu
ten minutes/two months, that's not long
deux semaines c'est trop peu
two weeks isn't long enough
si peu que ce soit
however little, no matter how little
tu ne vas pas t'en faire pour si peu
you're not going to worry about such a little thing
je ne vais pas me casser la tête pour si peu
I'm not going to rack my brains over such a little thing
il leur en faut peu pour pleurer/paniquer
it doesn't take much to make them cry/panic
la catastrophe a été évitée de peu
disaster was only just avoided
tu les as ratés de peu
you've just missed them
il est mon aîné de peu
he's slightly older than me
j'aime peu sa façon de dévisager les gens
I don't much care for the way he stares at people
ça compte ou importe peu
it doesn't really matter
la cuisine n'est pas très bonne, et c'est peu dire
the food isn't very good to say the least
il est aussi borné que son père et ce n'est pas peu dire inf!
he's as narrow-minded as his father and that's saying a lot!
un homme comme on en voit ou fait inf peu
the kind of man you don't often come across
très peu pour moi inf! fig
no thanks! inf

II.peu [pø] PRON indef

III.peu de DET indef

2. peu de (avec un nom non dénombrable):

peu de temps/d'espoir
little time/hope
en peu de temps
in next to no time
j'ai peu de temps pour le faire
I haven't got much time to do it
il y a peu de changement
there's little change
il y a peu de bruit
there's not much noise
il est tombé peu de neige/pluie cet hiver
there hasn't been much snow/rain this winter
il a peu de patience
he's not very patient
c'est peu de chose
it's not much
cela représente peu de chose
it stands for little
avec peu de chose elle a fait un repas délicieux
with very little she made a delicious meal
on est bien peu de chose!
we're so insignificant!
il y a peu de visiteurs/divergences
there are few ou not many visitors/differences
très peu de personnes sont atteintes
very few people are affected
en peu de mots/jours
in a few words/days
je sais peu de choses sur lui
I don't know much about him
il y a peu de chances qu'il accepte
he's unlikely to accept
la proposition a peu de chances d'aboutir
the proposal has little chance of getting through

IV.peu [pø] N m

V.un peu ADV

2. un peu (modifiant un adverbe):

un peu
a little, a bit
mange un peu plus/moins
eat a bit more/less
parle un peu plus fort
speak a little ou a bit louder
parle un peu moins fort
keep your voice down
va un peu moins/plus vite
go a bit slower/faster
il fait un peu moins froid qu'hier
it's a little less cold than yesterday
il fait un peu plus froid qu'hier
it's slightly ou a little colder than yesterday
un peu au-dessous/au-dessus de la moyenne
slightly below/above average
elle se maquille un peu trop
she wears a bit too much make-up
un peu plus de bruit/vent
a bit more noise/wind
un peu plus de gens/problèmes
a few more people/problems
un peu moins de pluie, humour
slightly less
un peu moins de gens, tableaux
slightly fewer
peux-tu me donner un tout petit peu plus de carottes
can you give me just a few more carrots
amène tes amis, un peu plus un peu moins tu sais…
bring your friends, another two or three people won't make much difference
donne-moi ton linge à laver, un peu plus un peu moins…
give me your laundry, a bit more won't make any difference
‘il avait l'air un peu contrarié’—‘un peu beaucoup même inf’
‘he looked a bit annoyed’—‘more than a bit’

VI.peu à peu ADV

VII.pour un peu ADV

VIII.pour peu que CONJ

narrow-minded in the PONS Dictionary

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He was an honest soldier, but narrow-minded; insults in the press did not fail to affect him.
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Editorial policy has sometimes been accused as narrow-minded or even elitist, causing some labels to boycott advertising in the zine or sending releases for review.
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She is frivolous, excitable, and narrow-minded, and she imagines herself susceptible to attacks of tremors and palpitations.
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I don't know, call me old-fashioned and narrow-minded, but all this transhumanistic, transnaturalistic stuff gives me a serious case of the creeps.
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Promoting dialects is not a narrow-minded localism, as it has been labeled by some netizens.
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Subsequently, the album satirizes hippie culture and left-wing politics, as well as targeting right-wing politics, describing both political sides as prisoners of the same narrow-minded, superficial phoniness.
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That's a narrow-minded and ignorant way to think about our fellow citizens.
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The government finally recognized these problems, albeit in a shortsighted and narrow-minded way.
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He is said to have felt haunted both by his perverse urges and the provincial and narrow-minded mental perimeter of his northern hometown.
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The narrow-minded people, the poverty and the dirt irritate him.
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