mindless

[mahynd-lis]

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adjective

without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.

unmindful or heedless: mindless of all dangers.

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Origin of mindless

before 1000; Middle English myndles, Old English gemyndlēas. See mind, -less

Related formsmind·less·ly, adverbmind·less·ness, noun

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It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
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Day by day, it drives people to distraction by diverting energy to mindless legal compliance.
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“For all the victims of the mindless wars, in every age, humanity needs to weep,” he said.
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And it certainly should not be mindless, pointless growth for its own sake.
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Its civility has been crushed; its fragile peace has been blown apart by the mindless toxicity of a summer of violence.
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A goal of finished accomplishment has been set up which if it were attained would mean only mindless action.
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(The gloss explains it otherwise, and makes the mindless body the worshipped object).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki
I know that in five or ten years at the outside I shall be of no more use in the world than any other mindless animal.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877.|Various
The big problem was to figure out a way to appeal to the mindless, soulless creatures who knew no emotion—pleasure or pain.
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His hat just rounded his head to a more globular and mindless form.
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British Dictionary definitions for mindless

mindless

adjective

stupid or careless

requiring little or no intellectual efforta mindless task

Derived Formsmindlessly, adverbmindlessness, noun

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Word Origin and History for mindless

mindless

adj.

c.1400, "unmindful, heedless, negligent," from mind (n.) + -less. Related: Mindlessly; mindlessness. Old English had myndleas "foolish, senseless."

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