单词 | mindlessness |
释义 | mindlessnessn. The state or condition of being mindless; heedlessness; ignorance; a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions. Also (occasionally): total absence or disappearance of mental power. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [noun] unsensibleness?1555 headlesshood1579 senselessness1580 vacuity1593 incomprehension1605 insensibleness1610 unintelligiblenessa1631 insensateness1646 mindlessness1646 inapprehensiveness1652 unapprehensiveness1669 non-intelligencea1674 unperceivingnessa1688 inapprehension1745 inconception1761 brainlessness1832 vacancy1841 uncomprehension1862 the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > [noun] mindlessness1646 unintellectuality1850 unintellectualism1880 1646 T. Coleman Brotherly Exam. Re-examined 5 There was either ignorance or mindlessnesse in him that sets it downe. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel vi. 171 He observed the luxury and dissoluteness of Philopator and his mindlesness of his affairs. 1704 M. Henry Fam. Relig. in Wks. (1853) I. 266/2 Your backwardness and mindlessness will be their greatest discouragement. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 304 We should have mindlessness before complete organic decay and death take place. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 383 The general aspect is that of mindlessness. 1987 Fiction Mag. June 28/3 One would have thought that mindlessness would cease during the news, but no—horrible scenes at an IRA funeral brought out the pointlessness of violence. 2000 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 17 July It is..disheartening to consider that the level of malicious mindlessness is still so high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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