light-minded
adjective
having or showing a lack of serious purpose, attitude, etc.; frivolous; trifling.
light-mindedness
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a word derived from
light-minded.
Example Sentences
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She's intellectual and earnest, and my ignorance and light-mindedness wound her to the quick.
From My Friend Prospero by Henry Harland
No one will suppose that Rebekah’s readiness to leave her home was due to mere light-mindedness.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
Nathless, firm, though deeply courteous, rebuke, for his sometimes overmuch light-mindedness, was administered to him by the more grave and thoughtful Byron.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
What he found it most hard to forgive was the light-mindedness with which Georges regarded his sins: they were no burden to him: he thought them very natural.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Gilbert Cannan
Let us not approach with carelessness or light-mindedness.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George L. Prentiss
