How do you pronounce mindless?

The recorded pronunciation is /maɪnd.ləs/.

Where does mindless come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

mindless

/maɪnd.ləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: mind-less
IPA: /maɪnd.ləs/

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Meaning

adj

Showing a lack of forethought or sense.

adj

Having no sensible meaning or purpose.

adj

Heedless.

adj

Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.

adj

Lacking a mind.

Example Sentences

"An act of mindless violence."
"“I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship."
"Near-synonyms: unmindful, absent-minded, thoughtless"
"Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull"
"Near-synonyms: brainless, unconscious, unsentient"
"Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe."

Etymology

From Middle English myndles, myndelees, myndeles, mendlees, from Old English myndlēas, ġemyndlēas (“foolish, senseless”), equivalent to mind + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: myndles, myndlēas
Suffix: mind

Inflected Forms

more mindless (comparative) most mindless (superlative)

Derived Forms

mindlessly mindlessness

Phrases

meeting of the mindless

Frequently Paired Words

soulless

Synonyms

brainless unmindful senseless thoughtless absent-minded automatic rote dull unconscious unsentient

Antonyms

mindful thoughtful engrossing conscious sentient