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softminded

softminded is the alternative form of soft-minded.

Meaning of soft-minded

Adjective

soft-minded (comparative more soft-minded, superlative most soft-minded)

  1. Lacking courage and conviction; easily swayed, persuaded, or intimidated.
    • The soft-minded manager often defers direct action in the hope that the situation will remedy itself.1963, Joe D. Batten, Tough-minded management, →ISBN, page 37
  2. Lacking intellectual rigor; Given to sentimentality.
    • The liberated educator does not accept soft-minded religiosity because it embraces all kinds of superstitions.2010, Ivan Hugh Walters, Education and Cultural Politics: Interrogating Idiotic Education, →ISBN, page 285

Forms of softminded

comparativemore softminded
superlativemost softminded

Questions about softminded

What is softminded the alternative form of?
Softminded is the alternative form of soft-minded.

Words near softminded in the dictionary

  1. softmax
  2. softmaxx
  3. softmaxxed
  4. softmaxxes
  5. softmaxxing
  6. softminded
  7. softmindedness
  8. softmod
  9. softmodded
  10. softmodding
  11. softmodem

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