mindless

[ mahynd-lis ]

/ ˈmaɪnd lɪs /

without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.

unmindful or heedless: mindless of all dangers.

Origin of mindless

before 1000; Middle English myndles, Old English gemyndlēas. See mind, -less

mind·less·ly, adverb mind·less·ness, noun

Unfortunately, mindlessly following guidelines can result in bad outcomes.

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I am lying on a red couch in the living room, mindlessly flicking the clicker.

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But what really stuck in my craw was that Pope mindlessly repeated a spate of spurious claims about ethanol and Brazil.

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Indeed, the better we adapt to our roles as online consumers, the more likely we are as a population to mindlessly hit "submit."

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They milled about the mammoth courtyard before the glorious Palace, aimlessly, mindlessly.

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Then he turned and walked jerkily, mindlessly, round and round the globe like a wooden soldier marching.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 |Various

mindless

/ (ˈmaɪndlɪs) /

stupid or careless

requiring little or no intellectual effort a mindless task

mindlessly, adverb mindlessness, noun