kleinkariert — meaning in English
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English meaning
- parochial adj Relating to a parish, the local area a church serves.
Senses
kleinkariert is used for these senses in English:
- anal-retentive (by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details.
- captious Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
- parochial (derogatory) Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
parochial — full definition
- adj Relating to a parish, the local area a church serves.
- adj Narrow-minded or overly focused on local matters, ignoring the wider picture.