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/maɪnd.ləs/
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Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brainless, unmindful, senseless, thoughtless
Antonyms: mindful, thoughtful
Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
An act of mindless violence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: senseless
Antonyms: none provided
Heedless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Near-synonyms: unmindful, absent-minded, thoughtless
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unmindful, absent-minded, thoughtless
Antonyms: mindful
Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: automatic, rote, dull
Antonyms: engrossing
Lacking a mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Near-synonyms: brainless, unconscious, unsentient Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brainless, unconscious, unsentient
Antonyms: conscious, sentient
not mindful or attentive- G.B.Shaw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unmindful, forgetful
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
requiring little mental effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the shrieking of the mindless wind
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
not marked by the use of reason
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
mindless violence reasonless hostility a senseless act
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reasonless, senseless
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
devoid of intelligence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: asinine, fatuous, inane, vacuous
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English myndles, myndelees, myndeles, mendlees, from Old English myndlēas, ġemyndlēas (“foolish, senseless”), equivalent to mind + -less.
Across languages
Translations 30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
необмислен
(neobmislen)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
French :
écervelé
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Georgian :
უჭკუო
(uč̣ḳuo)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Georgian :
უტვინო
(uṭvino)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Georgian :
უგუნური
(ugunuri)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
German :
hirnlos
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Polish :
bezrozumny
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Russian :
непредусмотри́тельный
(nepredusmotrítelʹnyj)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Russian :
неосмы́сленный
(neosmýslennyj)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Russian :
неразу́мный
(nerazúmnyj)
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Spanish :
insensato
— showing a lack of forethought or sense
Bulgarian :
безсмислен
(bezsmislen)
— having no sensible meaning or purpose
French :
irraisonné
— having no sensible meaning or purpose
French :
gratuit
— having no sensible meaning or purpose
Georgian :
უაზრო
(uazro)
— having no sensible meaning or purpose
Russian :
бессмы́сленный
(bessmýslennyj)
— having no sensible meaning or purpose
Russian :
глу́пый
(glúpyj)
— having no sensible meaning or purpose
Bulgarian :
небрежен
(nebrežen)
— heedless
French :
irréfléchi
— heedless
Russian :
невнима́тельный
(nevnimátelʹnyj)
— heedless
Russian :
небре́жный
(nebréžnyj)
— heedless
Russian :
хала́тный
(xalátnyj)
— heedless
French :
aliénant
— (of a thing done) overly repetitive and unchallenging
French :
abrutissant
— (of a thing done) overly repetitive and unchallenging
French :
fastidieux
— (of a thing done) overly repetitive and unchallenging
Esperanto :
senmensa
— lacking a mind
Russian :
неразу́мный
(nerazúmnyj)
— lacking a mind
Russian :
не име́ющий ра́зума
(ne iméjuščij rázuma)
— lacking a mind
Russian :
не облада́ющий ра́зумом
(ne obladájuščij rázumom)
— lacking a mind
Vietnamese :
vô tri
— lacking a mind
