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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Past participle of obsolete verb bornere, "to limit", from French borner, "to limit", thus literally "limited".
Pronunciation
Adjective
bornert (neuter singular bornert, definite singular and plural bornerte)
- narrow-minded (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas)
- Øyvind Aase, "Komponisthjem som må på kartet", Aftenposten, October 12 2011.
- Som kunstner skrev Hurum en rekke klaverstykker, sanger, fiolin- og orkesterverker av utvilsom kvalitet, og han fremsto i sin tid som en radikaler for Kristianias bornerte kritikerkorps.
- As an artist, Hurum wrote a series of piano pieces, songs, violin and orchestra compositions of indubitable quality, and he was prominent in his day as a radical for Christiania's (i.e. Oslo's) narrow-minded community of critics.
- Jeg synes han er inkompetent, selvopptatt, bornert og en skam for sitt parti. (Georg Apenes to NRK)
- I think he is incompetent, self-centred, narrow-minded and a disgrace to his party.
Synonyms
- filistrøs, smalsporet, sneversynt, småskåren, spissborgerlig, trangsynt, begrenset/begrensa, ensidig, fordomsfull, innskrenket, konvensjonell, pedantisk, trang
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Past participle of obsolete verb bornere, "to limit", from French borner, "to limit", thus literally "limited".
Adjective
bornert (neuter singular bornert, definite singular and plural bornerte)
- narrow-minded (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas)
- Eg synest han er inkompetent, sjølvopptatt, bornert og ein skam for partiet sitt. (Georg Apenes on NRK)
- I think he is incompetent, self-centred, narrow-minded and a shame for his party.
Synonyms
- filistrøs, smalspora, sneversynt, småskoren, spissborgarleg, trongsynt, avgrensa, einsidig, fordomsfull, innskrenka, konvensjonell, pedantisk, trong
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