mindless
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- //maɪnd.ləs//
Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
adjective
- 1
Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
- 2
Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
An act of mindless violence.
“I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.
- 3
Heedless.
Near-synonyms: unmindful, absent-minded, thoughtless
- 4
Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull
- 5
Lacking a mind.
Near-synonyms: brainless, unconscious, unsentient
Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe.
Etymology
From Middle English myndles, myndelees, myndeles, mendlees, from Old English myndlēas, ġemyndlēas (“foolish, senseless”), equivalent to mind + -less.
Forms
- comparative
- more mindless
- superlative
- most mindless
mindless · Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
mindy · Knife.Mindy · A diminutive of the female given name Melinda and of Miranda.mine · That or those belonging to me. Used predicatively.