mindless

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /maɪnd.ləs/ See IPA manual

Freq #16145

Meanings

1

adj
requiring little mental effort

Mindless tasks.
2

adj
lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being

The shrieking of the mindless wind.
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

More thoughtless vacuous brainless

Opposites

mindful

Word family

Derived forms mindlesslymindlessness

Related forms mindful unmind

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Phrases (1)

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mindless violence
destructive physical behavior carried out without thought or reason

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

myndles Middle English myndlēas Old English

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