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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINDLESS, a. Inattentive; heedless; forgetful; negligent; careless.
Cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth.
1. Not endued with mind or intellectual powers; as mindless bodies.
2. Stupid; unthinking; as a mindless slave.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being; "the shrieking of the mindless wind"
2: requiring little mental effort; "mindless tasks"
3: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful, forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful]
4: devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous]
5: not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act" [syn: mindless, reasonless, senseless]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: before 12th century 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> 2. not mindful ; heedless <mindless of the consequences> • mindlessly adverb • mindlessness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 lacking intelligence; stupid. 2 not requiring thought or skill (totally mindless work). 3 (usu. foll. by of) heedless of (advice etc.). Derivatives: mindlessly adv. mindlessness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mindless Mind"less, a. 1. Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking. 2. Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless. Cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe a violent action as mindless, you mean that it is done without thought and will achieve nothing. (mainly BRIT) ...a plot that mixes blackmail, extortion and mindless violence. = senseless ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval] 2. If you describe a person or group as mindless, you mean that they are stupid or do not think about what they are doing. She wasn't at all the mindless little wife so many people perceived her to be. ADJ [disapproval] • mindlessly I was annoyed with myself for having so quickly and mindlessly lost thirty dollars. ADV: ADV with v 3. If you describe an activity as mindless, you mean that it is so dull that people do it or take part in it without thinking. ...the mindless repetitiveness of some tasks. ADJ [disapproval] • mindlessly I spent many hours mindlessly banging a tennis ball against the wall. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Destitute of mind. 2. Stupid, unthinking, dull, heavy, senseless, sluggish, insensible. 3. Regardless, careless, heedless, forgetful, neglectful, negligent.

Moby Thesaurus

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