mindless

adjective

mind·less | \-ləs

Definition of mindless

1a : 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

2 : not mindful : heedless mindless of the consequences

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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.

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The two develop an unlikely friendship based on their shared interest in mindless banter to get them through each day, finding new camaraderie as their typical scene partners from the past couple of seasons are off elsewhere. — Candice Frederick, Teen Vogue, ""Orange is the New Black" Season 6 Has the Women Striving for Peace and Community More Than Ever," 27 July 2018 The implication seems to be that a woman from Wind Gap could never be capable of anything more than mindless talk, let alone murder. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Sharp Objects shows that men can’t comprehend a dangerous woman in “Fix”," 23 July 2018 This site has an extensive introductory questionnaire that helps tailor meal plans and advice to your eating style and personality (heavy snacker, mindless eater, and more). — Good Housekeeping, "Best Diet Websites," 16 Sep. 2010 Now, crabbing isn't as mindless as some people might think. — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, "Hot crabbing action with amazing underwater footage," 5 June 2018 To be clear, building cheerleaders aren’t foolishly mindless in their enthusiasm. — New York Times, "New Yorkers Who Love Where They Live," 11 May 2018 And now Jindal realizes the problem all along was that their policy was already too detailed and the slogans were not mindless enough. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Bobby ‘Stop Being the Stupid Party’ Jindal Now Says GOP Isn’t Stupid Enough," 15 Feb. 2018 That’s just enough for a couple hours of fairly mindless entertainment. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Watching Skyscraper is like watching someone play a video game starring The Rock," 11 July 2018 The mindless movie taps into a great military axiom: Don‘t prepare to fight the last war, prepare to fight the next one. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "5 Space Forces From Sci-Fi and What We Can Learn From Them," 6 July 2018

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