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mindlessly

  • a word derived from mindless.
    mindless
    adjective
    without intelligence; senseless.

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Likewise, the audience is meant to mindlessly munch popcorn.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Most people have these spaces, she notes, but “the usual experience is of muddling along, spending these bits of time without much direction”—puttering around the house, mindlessly scrolling on our phones.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

It seems imprudent, even impolite, not to advise caution, rather than mindlessly becoming part of the herd.

From MarketWatch Oct. 20, 2025

Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok?

From BBC Dec. 1, 2024

I, meanwhile, was wholly, mindlessly, very contentedly absorbed with the business of just pushing forward.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson