light-minded

[lahyt-mahyn-did]

adjective

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

   to be in a light-minded mood.

Other Word Forms

• lightmindedly adverb
• light-mindedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of light-minded¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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.

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Not because he expected them to make trouble but because they were both too impractical, too light-minded to carry out his wishes once he was not there to enforce them.

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None shall know that any but my wicked, light-minded self had a hand in this profanation of——.

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According to you, Hedwig was always too superficial and light-minded; now she is growing so wonderfully profound in her feelings that she is forgetting how to laugh.

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Strict divorce laws have always fettered and burdened nobler natures, while light-minded people have easily found means of escape.

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Related Words

• foolish 
• idiotic 
• impractical 
• petty 
• pointless 
• senseless