mindless
adjective
mind·less
ˈmīn(d)-ləs 
1
a
: marked by a lack of mind or consciousness
a mindless sleep
b(1)
: marked by or displaying no use of the powers of the intellect
mindless violence
(2)
: requiring little attention or thought
especially
: not intellectually challenging or stimulating
mindless work
a mindless movie
mindlessly
adverb
mindlessness
noun
Synonyms
- airheaded
- birdbrained
- bonehead
- boneheaded
- brain-dead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- chuckleheaded
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- doltish
- dopey
- dopy
- dorky [slang]
- dull
- dumb
- dunderheaded
- empty-headed
- fatuous
- gormless [chiefly British]
- half-witted
- knuckleheaded
- lamebrain
- lamebrained
- lunkheaded
- oafish
- obtuse
- opaque
- pinheaded
- senseless
- simple
- slow
- slow-witted
- soft
- softheaded
- stupid
- thick
- thick-witted
- thickheaded
- unintelligent
- unsmart
- vacuous
- weak-minded
- witless
Examples of mindless in a Sentence
The article was a mindless piece of nonsense.
The movie has been criticized for its mindless violence.
a mindless waste of time
He seemed to be completely mindless of the danger he was facing.
She was mindless of her appearance.
Recent Examples on the Web
Other channels are full of mindless unboxing videos or addictive cartoons without transparency about creators or messaging.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
Setting this mindless process in motion lets a mathematical approximation of the task emerge automatically, without human beings having to specify which details matter.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2024
Animals, plants, and all the rest are just mindless mechanisms — blobs of matter that God created for us humans to use.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 4 June 2024
But with all but the most dangerous substances, regulation and taxation beat mindless prohibition and punishing enforcement.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 May 2024
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
Setting this mindless process in motion lets a mathematical approximation of the task emerge automatically, without human beings having to specify which details matter.
—John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2024
Animals, plants, and all the rest are just mindless mechanisms — blobs of matter that God created for us humans to use.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 4 June 2024
But with all but the most dangerous substances, regulation and taxation beat mindless prohibition and punishing enforcement.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for mindless
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“Mindless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mindless. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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mindless
adjective
mind·less
ˈmīn-(d)ləs
1
a
: lacking the ability to think, feel, or respond
a mindless killer
b
: showing no use of the intelligence
mindless violence
2
: not mindful
mindlessly
adverb
mindlessness
noun
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