2
: having a mind especially of a specified kind or concerned with a specified thing
—usually used in combination
narrow-minded
health-minded
Examples of minded in a Sentence
in most David vs. Goliath contests, people are generally minded to side with the underdog
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Dylan Kickham, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Some of our most technical styles have been embraced by a fashion-minded consumer.
—Kassondra Cloos, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Skye and Billy’s progenitors, by contrast, are revealed to have been free-spirited and independent-minded people who simply left out lots of their complicated, peripatetic story.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Two of The Hollywood Reporter’s tech-minded senior editors, Julian Sancton and Steven Zeitchik, break it down.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minded. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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minded
adjective
mind·ed
ˈmīn-dəd 
1
: having a specified kind of mind
narrow-minded
2
: greatly interested in something specified
bargain-minded customers
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