mindless

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
  2. adjective requiring little mental effort
  3. adjective not mindful or attentive; - G.B.Shaw

Etymology

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

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