minded

adjective

mind·​ed ˈmīn-dəd How to pronounce minded (audio)
1
2
: having a mind especially of a specified kind or concerned with a specified thing
usually used in combination
narrow-minded
health-minded
mindedness noun

Examples of minded in a Sentence

in most David vs. Goliath contests, people are generally minded to side with the underdog
Recent Examples on the Web Her death is the result of United States policy enabling a criminally minded man who came here to press a bogus asylum claim. The Editors, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024 Other, less politically minded viewers have praised the adaptation for its special effects and audacity in departing from the book’s plot. Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024 Elements of both the Left and the Right are minded toward social engineering. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024 Matt Candy, global managing partner in generative AI at IBM Consulting, believes the jobs of the future will be filled by those who can work with AI using language and creative thinking nurtured in liberal arts degrees, much more so than by those who are technically minded. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024 Larry is also artistically minded, and has this interest in architecture. Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023 Quant was designing for like minded women of her generation. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023 Instead of being sent home without care like Gus was, those in psychological crisis are being held in emergency rooms, minded by police officers. Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023 Allowing hateful, narrow minded bigots to decide what all children can read is not my thing either. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of minded was in the 15th century

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“Minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minded. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

minded

adjective
mind·​ed ˈmīn-dəd How to pronounce minded (audio)
1
: having a specified kind of mind
narrow-minded
2
: greatly interested in something specified
bargain-minded customers

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