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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Origin of mindless

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

OTHER WORDS FROM mindless

mind·less·ly, adverbmind·less·ness, noun

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How to use mindless in a sentence

But this association between the moon and trippy mindlessness would have seemed to Lewis to miss at least half the picture.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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
Thereafter he slipped into perfect mindlessness, happy and harmless, but hopelessly mindless and vacant.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875|Various

Hence the true mindlessness of the pristine, healthy mother.
Fantasia of the Unconscious|D. H. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for mindless

mindless

/ (ˈmaɪndlɪs) /

adjective

stupid or careless

requiring little or no intellectual efforta mindless task

Derived forms of mindless

mindlessly, adverbmindlessness, noun

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