unmindful
/ʌn'maindful/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking conscious awareness or attention: Describes a state of being not attentive to or not conscious of something, often followed by the prepositions 'of' or 'to'.
- Neglectful or forgetful: Indicates a failure to remember or give proper consideration to something, such as a duty or a person.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- He was unmindful of the mounting pressures for political reform. (He was not consciously aware of the increasing pressures.)
- She was unmindful to the risks she ran. (She was not attentive to the dangers she faced.)
- The manager was not unmindful of the heavy responsibility. (The manager was aware of the great responsibility.)
- While thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled. (While not paying attention to where he was walking, he tripped.)
Advanced Usage
- "Unmindful of the consequences": Not thinking about or considering the possible negative results of an action.
- He acted rashly, unmindful of the consequences.
- "Unmindful to advice": Not paying heed or attention to given counsel.
- The young entrepreneur was unmindful to advice from her mentors.
Variants and Related Words
- Unmindfully (adverb): In an unmindful manner; heedlessly.
- He proceeded unmindfully, ignoring all warning signs.
- Unmindfulness (noun): The state or quality of being unmindful; heedlessness.
- His unmindfulness led to several critical errors.
Synonyms
- Oblivious: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.
- Heedless: Showing a reckless lack of care or attention.
- Forgetful: Apt or likely not to remember.
- Neglectful: Not giving proper care or attention to someone or something.
Antonyms
- Mindful: Conscious or aware of something.
- Attentive: Paying close attention to something.
- Heedful: Paying careful attention.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- To be unmindful of one's surroundings: To be completely inattentive to the environment or context.
- Lost in thought, she was unmindful of her surroundings.
- To be unmindful of the time: To forget or not notice the passage of time.
- We were so engrossed in our conversation that we were unmindful of the time.
Adjective
- (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
- oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform
- oblivious to the risks she ran
- not unmindful of the heavy responsibility
- not mindful or attentive
- while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled- G.B.Shaw