mindlessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪndlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪn(d)lᵻs/

Forms: see mind n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mind n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < mind n.¹ + -less suffix.In Old English the prefixed form gemyndlēas is also attested (compare i-mind n.).

1. Having no mind; unintelligent, stupid, senseless; acting without concern for the consequences; purposeless; (of an activity, etc.) not requiring thought or skill, undemanding, demonstrating absence of thought or intelligence. Formerly also: †out of one's mind, stupefied, insane (obsolete). Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > [adjective]

mindlessOE

brute1540

unintelligent1664

unintellectuala1676

numb1854

amental1877

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xix. 186 Se wisdom is halig, and hine sylfne ætbret, fram..myndleasum geðohtum.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 7924 (MED) I trow..þou art mendlees, For þou spekyst lych hym þat no wyt kan.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5399 (MED) Oure mode kyng was so maied, myndles him semed.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxv^v As men myndeles.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. ii. 30 And, half myndles, agane sche langis sair.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 38 God first made Angels bodilesse pure minds, Then other things, which mindlesse bodies bee.

1633 Orkney Witch Trial in J. Maidment Misc. Abbotsford Club (1837) I. 151 Scho was senceles and myndles for ane long speace.

a1679 W. Outram 20 Serm. (1682) 468 Nor is the Devil asleep or mindless.

1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Georgicks iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 186 He marches, to attack his mindless Foe.

1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 5 The mindless copyist studies Raffaelle, but not what Raffaelle studied.

1866 Sat. Rev. 19 May 602/2 What an amount of mindless rubbish a well-educated gentleman has the audacity..to lay before the public.

1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 35 It..stands fast in mindless immobility.

1905 F. Coutts Musa Verticordia 15 How in the mindless to create a mind.

1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 276 The mindless mass hysteria of howling mobs.

1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xliii. 287 I can't say that I have ever been interested in a completely mindless person.

1988 Independent 21 Sept. 13/7 Those who most noisily deplore ‘mindless’ vandalism might ask themselves why..we should expect it to produce forms of violence that are wise.

2000 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 3 Nov. It raises fears of serious injury for both the victims and the mindless youths throwing the fireworks.

2. Unaware, thoughtless, negligent, heedless, forgetful, unmindful.

a. With of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective]

unmindfula1382

unminda1400

mindlessa1425

indiligent1549

regardless1578

heedless1579

unheedy1579

unregarding?1585

unattentive1591

thoughtless1592

unobservant1615

unobservinga1628

tentless1636

unattending1637

inadvertent1653

inobservant1663

inadverting1678

incurious1691

wistless1747

unnoticing1751

unheeding1770

inattentive1785

unrecking1824

unnoting1826

oblivious1854

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective]

forgetelc1000

forgetful1382

mindlessa1425

obliviousc1450

unremembered1453

immemor1535

unremembering1540

unrecalling1594

immemorious1602

elapsive1652

remindless1657

unrecording1813

unretentive1825

forgetting1847

memoryless1857

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2088 (MED) He þat of God es myndles, It semes þat he in saul dede es.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Dii^v Beastes, and fowles..Layde downe to slepe by silens of that nyght.., myndles of trauailes past.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) viii. 30 So mindlesse of their owne duties.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 334 Mindless of others Lives..and careless of his own.

1789 J. Wolcot Sir J. Banks & Emp. of Morocco Mindless of trees, and brushes, and the brambles.

1795 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 22 The ministers of Russia,..mindless of this representation, insisted on the appointment.

1837 M. W. Shelley Falkner I. viii. 149 He could not bear that she should think him ungrateful—mindless of her affection, her filial attentions, and endearing virtues.

1895 J. Crowe Reminisc. ix. 242 The younger men..dive for sixpences, mindless of sharks.

1912 M. J. Cawein Poet, Fool & Faeries 208 True to the old, already mindless of The war that swept it, yearly it wears its roses.

1991 S. Smith & M. Hollis Explaining & understanding Internat. Relations 77 We shall want to apply a notion of rationality..which is neither wholly calculative..nor mindless of consequences.

b. With in, that, how, whether, etc.

ΚΠ

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xviii. 58 Being both mindlesse in observing, and carelesse in retaining what they heare.

1786 A. Seward Let. 20 Dec. (1811) I. 232 I choose..the strongest which spontaneously occur, to express my idea..; mindless whether they do, or do not form a part of the fashionable vocabulary of Lord Fillagree and Lady Pamtickle.

1827 C. Swain Metrical Ess. 127 Still there I listen'd—mindless how time flew.

1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd i. iii. 17 He has bundled leftwardly Thomière's division; mindless that thereby His wing and centre's mutual maintenance Is severed by a yawning vacancy.

1991 J. Steele His Woman (BNC) She had forgotten everything about why he was there, mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men.

Derivatives

ˈmindlessly adv. in an unthinking or unintelligent manner; so as not to engage or challenge the intelligence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb]

unsensibly1565

insensiblya1603

brainlessly1610

heartlessly1611

unmeaningly1789

vacantly1839

mindlessly1857

uncomprehendingly1858

vacuously1860

insensately1863

incomprehendingly1885

the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > [adverb]

mindlessly1857

1857 National Mag. 2 15 A poor idiot-girl who always came,—but as I thought mindlessly,—burst into tears and exclaimed, My mother, my Mother!

1963 Times 11 June 3/7 Dumitrescu worked away mindlessly like a machine at the head of the group.

1997 Details Feb. 101/1 The best coffee-house for nursing gritty espresso and smoking endless American Spirits while you stare mindlessly at the blank screen of your PowerBook.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mindless
释义	mindlessadj.n. Brit. /ˈmʌɪndlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪn(d)lᵻs/ Forms: see mind n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mind n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < mind n.¹ + -less suffix.In Old English the prefixed form gemyndlēas is also attested (compare i-mind n.). 1. Having no mind; unintelligent, stupid, senseless; acting without concern for the consequences; purposeless; (of an activity, etc.) not requiring thought or skill, undemanding, demonstrating absence of thought or intelligence. Formerly also: †out of one's mind, stupefied, insane (obsolete). Also as n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > [adjective] mindlessOE brute1540 unintelligent1664 unintellectuala1676 numb1854 amental1877 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xix. 186 Se wisdom is halig, and hine sylfne ætbret, fram..myndleasum geðohtum. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 7924 (MED) I trow..þou art mendlees, For þou spekyst lych hym þat no wyt kan. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5399 (MED) Oure mode kyng was so maied, myndles him semed. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxv^v As men myndeles. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. ii. 30 And, half myndles, agane sche langis sair. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 38 God first made Angels bodilesse pure minds, Then other things, which mindlesse bodies bee. 1633 Orkney Witch Trial in J. Maidment Misc. Abbotsford Club (1837) I. 151 Scho was senceles and myndles for ane long speace. a1679 W. Outram 20 Serm. (1682) 468 Nor is the Devil asleep or mindless. 1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Georgicks iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 186 He marches, to attack his mindless Foe. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 5 The mindless copyist studies Raffaelle, but not what Raffaelle studied. 1866 Sat. Rev. 19 May 602/2 What an amount of mindless rubbish a well-educated gentleman has the audacity..to lay before the public. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 35 It..stands fast in mindless immobility. 1905 F. Coutts Musa Verticordia 15 How in the mindless to create a mind. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 276 The mindless mass hysteria of howling mobs. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xliii. 287 I can't say that I have ever been interested in a completely mindless person. 1988 Independent 21 Sept. 13/7 Those who most noisily deplore ‘mindless’ vandalism might ask themselves why..we should expect it to produce forms of violence that are wise. 2000 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 3 Nov. It raises fears of serious injury for both the victims and the mindless youths throwing the fireworks. 2. Unaware, thoughtless, negligent, heedless, forgetful, unmindful. a. With of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] unmindfula1382 unminda1400 mindlessa1425 indiligent1549 regardless1578 heedless1579 unheedy1579 unregarding?1585 unattentive1591 thoughtless1592 unobservant1615 unobservinga1628 tentless1636 unattending1637 inadvertent1653 inobservant1663 inadverting1678 incurious1691 wistless1747 unnoticing1751 unheeding1770 inattentive1785 unrecking1824 unnoting1826 oblivious1854 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] forgetelc1000 forgetful1382 mindlessa1425 obliviousc1450 unremembered1453 immemor1535 unremembering1540 unrecalling1594 immemorious1602 elapsive1652 remindless1657 unrecording1813 unretentive1825 forgetting1847 memoryless1857 a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2088 (MED) He þat of God es myndles, It semes þat he in saul dede es. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Dii^v Beastes, and fowles..Layde downe to slepe by silens of that nyght.., myndles of trauailes past. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) viii. 30 So mindlesse of their owne duties. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 334 Mindless of others Lives..and careless of his own. 1789 J. Wolcot Sir J. Banks & Emp. of Morocco Mindless of trees, and brushes, and the brambles. 1795 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 22 The ministers of Russia,..mindless of this representation, insisted on the appointment. 1837 M. W. Shelley Falkner I. viii. 149 He could not bear that she should think him ungrateful—mindless of her affection, her filial attentions, and endearing virtues. 1895 J. Crowe Reminisc. ix. 242 The younger men..dive for sixpences, mindless of sharks. 1912 M. J. Cawein Poet, Fool & Faeries 208 True to the old, already mindless of The war that swept it, yearly it wears its roses. 1991 S. Smith & M. Hollis Explaining & understanding Internat. Relations 77 We shall want to apply a notion of rationality..which is neither wholly calculative..nor mindless of consequences. b. With in, that, how, whether, etc. ΚΠ a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xviii. 58 Being both mindlesse in observing, and carelesse in retaining what they heare. 1786 A. Seward Let. 20 Dec. (1811) I. 232 I choose..the strongest which spontaneously occur, to express my idea..; mindless whether they do, or do not form a part of the fashionable vocabulary of Lord Fillagree and Lady Pamtickle. 1827 C. Swain Metrical Ess. 127 Still there I listen'd—mindless how time flew. 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd i. iii. 17 He has bundled leftwardly Thomière's division; mindless that thereby His wing and centre's mutual maintenance Is severed by a yawning vacancy. 1991 J. Steele His Woman (BNC) She had forgotten everything about why he was there, mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men. Derivatives ˈmindlessly adv. in an unthinking or unintelligent manner; so as not to engage or challenge the intelligence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb] unsensibly1565 insensiblya1603 brainlessly1610 heartlessly1611 unmeaningly1789 vacantly1839 mindlessly1857 uncomprehendingly1858 vacuously1860 insensately1863 incomprehendingly1885 the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > [adverb] mindlessly1857 1857 National Mag. 2 15 A poor idiot-girl who always came,—but as I thought mindlessly,—burst into tears and exclaimed, My mother, my Mother! 1963 Times 11 June 3/7 Dumitrescu worked away mindlessly like a machine at the head of the group. 1997 Details Feb. 101/1 The best coffee-house for nursing gritty espresso and smoking endless American Spirits while you stare mindlessly at the blank screen of your PowerBook. 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