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as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
a dead-end job fit only for mindless drones
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as in careless
not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble
mindless of danger, the foolhardy skiers ignored the avalanche warnings
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as in stupidness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
despised the sheer mindlessness of the movie's violence
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Recent Examples of mindless
John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Over time, this awareness builds trust with your body, supports better digestion, and reduces mindless eating.
—Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Ld, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
That’s how a video game rife with mindless violence provided a kind of refuge—and turned out to be an apt and very funny location for the senseless bloodshed of the Bard’s most famous of tragedies.
—Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The Luddites weren’t mindless opponents of technology but had a clear logic to their actions—an essentially conservative one.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Over time, this awareness builds trust with your body, supports better digestion, and reduces mindless eating.
—Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Ld, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
That’s how a video game rife with mindless violence provided a kind of refuge—and turned out to be an apt and very funny location for the senseless bloodshed of the Bard’s most famous of tragedies.
—Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mindless
Adjective
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Making stupid internet fodder has never been easier than now, with the prevalence of AI image generators making everything from deepfakes to memes.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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Much like the stupid prions wreaking havoc in his brain.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sauter pleaded no contest to several charges, including vehicular homicide and careless operation of a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license resulting in death.—
Frank Fernandez,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy wasted a superb opening round with two careless double bogeys leaving him seven shots behind.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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Concerns over substandard farmworker housing intensified after a 2023 mass shooting in Half Moon Bay drew attention to the unsafe and often overlooked living conditions of the region’s agricultural workforce.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Dujarric said that nearly 90% of water infrastructure – including wells, pumping stations, and sewage plants – had been destroyed or damaged by hostilities, exacerbating disease risks and forcing families to rely on unsafe sources.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to measure around 5.5mm in thickness.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Quilted or padded cloth playmats range in thickness between 0.2 and 0.8 inches.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The company reaffirmed plans to launch an affordable model in early 2025, but warned the production ramp could be slower than expected.—
Akash Sriram and Abhirup Roy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Global headline inflation is expected to decline at a slightly slower pace than what was expected in January.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An arrest warrant was obtained for Lacy for negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Reinoso-Gallegos was arrested without incident and transported to Troop H where he was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle at too slow speed and second-degree reckless endangerment.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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The stupidity of enacting a massive tax increase on the entire global economy at this point doesn’t make much sense.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Mindless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mindless. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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