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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But perturbations are not excited by any force of nature; and all those feelings are judgments and opinions proceeding from light-mindedness; and, therefore, the wise man will always be free from them.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Charles Duke Yonge
I have only been amazed at the self-possession with which the queen goes through her part, and wondered how far her light-mindedness will carry her.
From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
It's about Louisa Helen again and her light-mindedness.
From Rose of Old Harpeth by Maria Thompson Daviess
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
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
