MINDLESS


Meaning of MINDLESS in English

ˈmīndlə̇s, rapid -nl- adjective

Etymology: Middle English myndles, from Old English gemyndlēas foolish, senseless, from gemynd mind, memory + -lēas -less — more at mind

1.

a. : destitute of mind or consciousness : characterized by or exhibiting a lack of consciousness

hatred toward the sea as though it were not a mindless force but a conscious one — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall

fell into a mindless sleep — Mary Austin

b. : lacking or held to be without intellectual powers : stupid , unintelligent

become more than friendly with … a gorgeous mindless creature who teaches riding — New Yorker

his white hair crested like a wave over his mindless face — Edith Sitwell

c. : characterized by or displaying no use of the powers of the intellect : unthinking

that deep mindless sympathy — Douglas Stewart

d. : out of one's mind : mad

2. : unattentive to : having no concern or interest for — usually used with of

empiricism … mindless of what has been painfully learned about Communist behavior in the past — Sidney Hook

the younger men … dive for sixpences mindless of sharks — Joseph Crowe

• mind·less·ly adverb

• mind·less·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.