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Adjective
S:
(adj)
mindless
(lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being)
"the shrieking of the mindless wind"
similar to
S:
(adj)
meaningless
,
nonmeaningful
(having no meaning or direction or purpose)
"a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"
see also
S:
(adj)
insignificant
,
unimportant
(devoid of importance, meaning, or force)
S:
(adj)
purposeless
(not evidencing any purpose or goal)
S:
(adj)
unimportant
(not important)
"a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"
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antonym
derivationally related form
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
mindlessness
[Related to:
mindless
] (total lack of meaning or ideas)
antonym
S:
(adj)
mindless
(requiring little mental effort)
"mindless tasks"
S:
(adj)
unmindful
,
forgetful
,
mindless
(not mindful or attentive)
"while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
S:
(adj)
mindless
,
vacuous
(devoid of intelligence or thought)
"a vacuous mind"; "a vacant expression"
S:
(adj)
mindless
,
reasonless
,
senseless
(not marked by the use of reason)
"mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"