mindless
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking intelligence or thought; senseless: Describes actions, behavior, or things that show no sign of rational thinking or awareness.
- Unmindful; inattentive: Describes a state of not paying attention or being heedless.
- Requiring little or no mental effort: Describes tasks that are simple, repetitive, or mechanical.
- Devoid of consciousness or capacity for thought: Describes entities (like forces of nature or objects) that inherently lack the ability to think.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The movie was criticized for its mindless violence. (The violence was senseless and without reason.)
- He was mindless of the dangers and proceeded anyway. (He was not attentive to or considering the dangers.)
- Filing these papers is a mindless chore. (The task is simple and requires little thought.)
- They were swept away by the mindless fury of the storm. (The storm's fury lacked any conscious intent.)
Advanced Usage
- "mindless of": Not thinking about or paying attention to something; heedless of.
- She was mindless of the time and missed her appointment.
- "mindless repetition": Doing something over and over without active thought.
- The job involved the mindless repetition of assembling the same part.
Variants and Related Words
- Mindlessly (adverb): In a manner lacking thought or attention.
- He scrolled mindlessly through his phone.
- Mindlessness (noun): The quality or state of being mindless.
- The mindlessness of the routine was draining.
Synonyms
- Senseless: Lacking common sense or good judgment; foolish.
- Heedless: Showing a reckless lack of care or attention.
- Mechanical: Done without thought or spontaneity; automatic.
- Unthinking: Not thinking; done without consideration.
Antonyms
- Mindful: Conscious or aware of something.
- Thoughtful: Showing consideration for others; absorbed in thought.
- Conscious: Aware of and responding to one's surroundings.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- (To do something) mindlessly: To perform an action without engaging one's brain.
- I can wash dishes mindlessly while listening to a podcast.
- A mindless drone: A person who performs repetitive work without independent thought.
- He felt like a mindless drone in his factory job.
Adjective
- not marked by the use of reason
- mindless violence
- reasonless hostility
- a senseless act
- devoid of intelligence
- not mindful or attentive
- while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled- G.B.Shaw
- requiring little mental effort
- mindless tasks
- lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- the shrieking of the mindless wind