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light-minded

American  
[lahyt-mahyn-did] / ˈlaɪtˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

  1. having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling.

    to be in a light-minded mood.


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Etymology

Origin of light-minded

First recorded in 1605–15

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The director Shawn Levy is an old hand at light-minded capers — he directed the “Night at the Museum” franchise — and he handles the obligatory fights and battles reasonably well.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2022

Others who have read The Romantic Comedians, but not Vein of Iron, consider her a light-minded iconoclast from whose irony nothing is safe.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no logic included in The Greenwich Village Follies; it should be popular on warm nights, among light-minded playgoers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In contrast, Frank has no life at all: an underfurnished tract house with the mail piling up at the front door, no visible friends or light-minded interests.

From Time Magazine Archive

This typical gadabout, light-minded, cynical little old woman with the girlish ways, was after all a big-hearted toiler in the vineyard.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes

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