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Definition of Mindless
1. Adjective. Lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being. "The shrieking of the mindless wind"
2. Adjective. Requiring little mental effort. "Mindless tasks"
3. Adjective. Not mindful or attentive. "While thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"
Attributes: Heedfulness, Mindfulness
Similar to: Amnesiac, Amnesic
Derivative terms: Forgetfulness, Unmindfulness
Antonyms: Mindful
4. Adjective. Devoid of intelligence.
Similar to: Foolish
Derivative terms: Asininity, Fatuity, Fatuousness, Inanity, Mindlessness, Mindlessness, Vacuity, Vacuousness
5. Adjective. Not marked by the use of reason. "A senseless act"
Similar to: Unreasonable
Derivative terms: Mindlessness, Mindlessness
Definition of Mindless
1. a. Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking.
Definition of Mindless
1. Adjective. Showing a lack of forethought or sense. ¹
2. Adjective. Having no sensible meaning or purpose. ¹
3. Adjective. Heedless. ¹
4. Adjective. (context: of a thing done) Overly repetitive and unchallenging. ¹
5. Adjective. Lacking a mind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mindless
1. lacking intelligence [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mindless
Literary usage of Mindless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Yet not were therefore mindless of their might 730 The Achaians, but their spirits
bare them on. And Merion slew a helmed chief of Troy, ..."
2. English Sonnets by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1897)
"SCORN not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned. mindless of its just honours:
wit A this key Shakspeare unlocked his heart; the melody Of ..."
3. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1917)
"Thus the sin of the brainless or " mindless " Races, who had no " spark " and
were irresponsible, fell upon those who failed to do by them their Karmic duty ..."
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