MINDLESS

mindless

(adjective) requiring little mental effort; “mindless tasks”

mindless

(adjective) lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being; “the shrieking of the mindless wind”

mindless, reasonless, senseless

(adjective) not marked by the use of reason; “mindless violence”; “reasonless hostility”; “a senseless act”

unmindful, forgetful, mindless

(adjective) not mindful or attentive; “while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled”- G.B.Shaw

mindless, vacuous

(adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought; “a vacuous mind”; “a vacant expression”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mindless (comparative more mindless, superlative most mindless)

Showing a lack of forethought or sense.

Having no sensible meaning or purpose.

Heedless.

(of a thing done) Overly repetitive and unchallenging.

Lacking a mind.

Antonyms

• mindful

Anagrams

• mildness

Source: Wiktionary


Mind"less, a.

1. Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking.

2. Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless. Cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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