What does Mindless mean?

Definitions for Mindless
ˈmaɪnd lɪsmind·less

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Mindless.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. mindlessadjective

    lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being

    "the shrieking of the mindless wind"

  2. mindlessadjective

    requiring little mental effort

    "mindless tasks"

  3. unmindful, forgetful, mindlessadjective

    not mindful or attentive

    "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw

  4. asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuousadjective

    devoid of intelligence

  5. mindless, reasonless, senselessadjective

    not marked by the use of reason

    "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"

Wiktionary

  1. mindlessadjective

    Showing a lack of forethought or sense.

  2. mindlessadjective

    Having no sensible meaning or purpose.

    An act of mindless violence.

  3. mindlessadjective

    Heedless.

  4. mindlessadjective

    Overly repetitive and unchallenging.

  5. mindlessadjective

    Lacking a mind.

    Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Mindlessadjective

    Etymology: from mind.

    Cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth,
    Forget now thy great deeds, when neighbour states,
    But for thy sword and fortune, trod upon them. William Shakespeare.

    As the strong eagle in the silent wood,
    Mindless of warlike rage, and hostile care,
    Plays round the rocky cliff, or crystal flood. Matthew Prior.

    Pronounce thee a gross lowt, a mindless slave,
    Or else a hovering temporizer. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    God first made angels bodiless, pure, minds;
    Then other things, which mindless bodies be:
    Last, he made man. Davies.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mindlessadjective

    not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking

  2. Mindlessadjective

    unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mindless in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mindless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Mindless in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    The idea that we don't have elimination of assault type weapons -- magazines that can hold multiple bullets in them -- it's absolutely mindless, it is no violation of the Second Amendment -- it's just a bow to the special interest of the gun manufacturers and The NRA. It's got to stop.

  2. Greg Anderson:

    Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.

  3. William Fullbright:

    We must dare to think about unthinkable things because when things become unthinkable thinking stops and action becomes mindless.

  4. XinR Alarm:

    Lovers torn apart, nothing but mindless drones enslaved The cruelty makes me question just what I believed Brothers mourn their part, our hopes became so depraved This corruption makes me question just what I’ve conceived

  5. Jean Baudrillard:

    The skylines lit up at dead of night, the air-conditioning systems cooling empty hotels in the desert, and artificial light in the middle of the day all have something both demented and admirable about them the mindless luxury of a rich civilization, and yet of a civilization perhaps as scared to see the lights go out as was the hunter in his primitive night.

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