US /maɪnd.ləs/
adj Freq #16145

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    requiring little mental effort

    Mindless tasks.

  2. 2
    adj

    lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being

    The shrieking of the mindless wind.

  3. 3
    adj

    not marked by the use of reason

    Mindless violence.

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Synonyms
3 adj · not marked by the use of... senseless
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms mindlesslymindlessness
Related forms mindfulunmind

Etymology

From Middle English myndles, myndelees, myndeles, mendlees, from Old English myndlēas, ġemyndlēas (“foolish, senseless”), equivalent to mind + -less.

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