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  • adjective Very focused; having a single goal, purpose, or idea.

Etymologies

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From single + mind + -ed.

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Examples

  • Also, it's not just hard numbers being discussed, but mindsets as well, particularly the kind of singleminded dedication you need to work in comics.

    Archive 2004-10-10 2004

  • Also, it's not just hard numbers being discussed, but mindsets as well, particularly the kind of singleminded dedication you need to work in comics.

    Archive 2004-10-10 2004

  • But for some, their singleminded quest to understand the great questions of life, may lead them to a desire to experience the transcendent, and ultimately to a desire for God.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: 6 Paths To God: The Path Of Disbelief S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

  • But for some, their singleminded quest to understand the great questions of life, may lead them to a desire to experience the transcendent, and ultimately to a desire for God.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: 6 Paths To God: The Path Of Disbelief S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

  • Yet at age 79, he works more swiftly than many in his field, his collaborators say, crediting his singleminded approach to each project.

    The Last Movie Maestro John Jurgensen 2011

  • But GTA and Manhunt would have to be a lot more singleminded and gruesome in order to be violence's equivalent to RapeLay.

    My Last Word On Rapelay SVGL 2009

  • Everyone loses when the singleminded obsession for the bottom line trumps all other human needs.

    Richard Schiffman: Nice Guys Finish Last -- Or Do They? Richard Schiffman 2011

  • Analysts credit President Nitori, who ranks thirtieth on FORBES 'list of Japan's 40 richest people this year, with a singleminded focus on keeping prices down for customers without disappointing them on quality -- no small achievement in a country of picky shoppers.

    Doing Ikea One Better 2010

  • This is not Picasso as the most protean and inexhaustible genius of 20th-century painting: this is Picasso as singleminded propagandist.

    Picasso: Peace and Freedom 2010

  • The Yankees will never admit they are playing simply to hold onto a playoff spot -- the Steinbrenner ethic demands a singleminded focus on championships -- but their actions are doing it for them.

    Are the Yankees playing to win division, or just to get into playoffs? 2010

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