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mindless

[ mahynd-lis ]
/ ˈmaɪnd lɪs /
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adjective

without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
unmindful or heedless: mindless of all dangers.

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RELATED WORDS

simpleness, foolishness, slowness, denseness, stupidness

Nearby words

mindfuck, mindful, mindful eating, mindfully, mindfulness, mindless, mindlessly, mindoro, mindscape, mindset, mindshare

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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Examples from the Web for mindlessness

  • Terrified, he at last returns, with relief, to mindlessness.

    American Dreams: 'Babbitt' by Sinclair Lewis|Nathaniel Rich|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

  • Bethink you, have there not been days, aye and months, in your own life when you would have rejoiced to sleep in mindlessness?

    She and Allan|H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for mindlessness

mindless

/ (ˈmaɪndlɪs) /

adjective

stupid or careless
requiring little or no intellectual efforta mindless task
Derived Formsmindlessly, adverbmindlessness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for mindlessness

mindless

adj.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper