unmindfuladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmʌɪn(d)f(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈmaɪn(d)f(ə)l/ Not mindful; unaware, oblivious; indifferent, careless, heedless. Frequently in negative constructions, used by litotes to mean ‘mindful’, esp. in sense b.
a. With of or †for.
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 world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless
getelessc1175
untimingc1350
unmindfula1382
negligentc1390
unminda1400
roughtlessa1500
respectlessa1542
indiligent1549
unheedful1570
regardless1578
heedless1579
unheedy1579
unregarding?1585
unrespective1594
neglectful1595
unregardful1598
unobservinga1628
tentless1636
disregardfula1641
unregardant1652
inadvertent1653
disregarding1659
unaspective1661
inobservant1663
unheeding1770
unobservant1775
inattentive1785
disregardant1816
unrecking1824
unminded1831
unchary1856
amelectic1879
irregardless1912
blithe1922
slap-happy1937
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxvii. 6 Be thou not vnmyndeful [L. immemor] of hym in thi werkis.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. cij Owre predicessoures were not vtterlye vnmyndefull of these benefites.
1568 W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 147 Religious men..ar vnmyndfull of thair professioun.
1609 in M. C. Questier Newslett. Archpresbyterate G. Birkhead (1998) 45 Farewell my good frends & assure your selfe thatt wee your poore bretheren will not bee unmindefull of yow.
1640 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1950) II. 263 Ye have now begun to do all the goode service for the publict in you, prestabill for which ye may be assured we sall not be unmyndfull.
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxx. 363 When you find them so unmindful of themselves..; when they are so heavy that they begin to fall asleep; awake them and stir them up again.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 16 One so solicitous about other Mens Healths, cannot be unmindful of his own.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 257 Every person was willing to save himself, unmindful of others.
1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 19 At her silver voice came Death and Life, Unmindful each of their accustomed strife.
1874 J. B. Brown Higher Life p. viii Unmindful of the large blessing which intellectual culture and political activity bring in their train.
1923 National Geographic Mag. Apr. 446/1 Everybody followed, stumbling, hastening, unmindful of sharp briars.
1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife xi. 134 I draped myself over the ship's side, unmindful of the driving snow and rushing foaming water only inches from my face.
2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 53/3 Sharon..spread and expanded settlements far and wide, unmindful of their human and political consequences.
b. With infinitive or subordinate clause.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]
carelessOE
negligentc1390
recklessc1425
neutral1494
indifferent?1520
undifferentc1540
uncareful1560
unmindful1560
unaddicted1583
unmindful1585
perfunctory1602
disinteressed1603
come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616
disinteresteda1631
Laodicean1633
vacanta1639
unconcerned1645
easy1649
mawkish1679
indifferinga1694
concernless1706
unminding1714
nonchalanta1734
coolrife1768
uninterested1772
uncaring1786
tooth-picking1814
pococurante1815
pococurantish1821
insouciant1829
non-committal1829
don't-care1830
promiscuous1837
don't-carish1838
unpartial1840
noncurantist1882
noncuranta1913
casual1916
Gallionic1920
disengaged1958
1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms lxvi. 13 (side-note) The duetie of the faithful is here described, whiche are neuer vnmindeful to rendre God praise for his benefites.
1615 W. Mure Misc. Poems xiv. 10 Heiping wp treassour wnmyndfull quho lent it.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 323 He caused Cassius Longinus..to be slain: unmindfull that Chærea (the man that did the deed) was so called.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 369 Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy The Atheist crew. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 39 She seeks the weedy Pools,..Careless of Night, unmindful to return.
a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 208 Unmindful, that, of old, they veil'd his face.
1776 E. Pendleton Let. 11 Oct. in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 203 I shall not be unmindful when Occasion offers, that your Abilities are not confined to the field.
1836 Caledonian Mercury 9 May Are we unmindful whence proceeded those edicts?
1865 W. P. Snow Southern Generals iv. 86 Not was he..unmindful to bestow just praise upon those who had so ably and cheerfully seconded his efforts.
1912 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39 427 Unmindful that a name is not a classification.
1939 Jrnl. House 48th Gen. Assembly State of Iowa 1387 We shall not be unmindful to render to them the reward that is theirs.
2002 R. J. Richards Romantic Conception Life xiii. 512 I am not unmindful that..the science under consideration formulated its notions not necessarily for good reasons.
c. Without construction.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]
carelessOE
negligentc1390
recklessc1425
neutral1494
indifferent?1520
undifferentc1540
uncareful1560
unmindful1560
unaddicted1583
unmindful1585
perfunctory1602
disinteressed1603
come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616
disinteresteda1631
Laodicean1633
vacanta1639
unconcerned1645
easy1649
mawkish1679
indifferinga1694
concernless1706
unminding1714
nonchalanta1734
coolrife1768
uninterested1772
uncaring1786
tooth-picking1814
pococurante1815
pococurantish1821
insouciant1829
non-committal1829
don't-care1830
promiscuous1837
don't-carish1838
unpartial1840
noncurantist1882
noncuranta1913
casual1916
Gallionic1920
disengaged1958
1585 King James VI & I Let. 13 Apr. in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. Laing MSS (1913) I. 53 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 6905) XXVII. 1 Assure youre self ye have not ane unmyndfull nor ingraite maister.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 376 Dull vnmindfull villaine, Whie standst thou still? View more context for this quotation
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffffffff3v/2 Hear me..and take my wrongs into thy hands, thou justice, done by unmindful man, unmerciful.
1775 J. Cartwright Let. to Edmund Burke 14 The odious pretensions of the Declaratory Act..had rouzed the unmindful colonists and their English friends to an exertion of their thinking faculties.
1796 W. Scott tr. G. A. Bürger Chase xxxix, in Chase & William & Helen 14 His courser, rooted to the ground, The quick'ning spur unmindful bears.
1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months in West Indies 135 Instead of the unmindful vacancy of our babies, [he] stares at you with the good impudent assurance which Raffael puts into the eyes of his Child.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxi. 189 That thochtless and unmindful that he can hardly be lippened to do anything but feed the hens.
1935 W. Davies Pursuit of Music i. 12 If he [sc. a composer] has no aim but to astonish, he does well to say so beforehand, and to take his place frankly among the unmindful showmen of the world.
1971 N. Mahapatra in S. R. Chowdhury On Dadaji II. xiv. 44 The next moment he is unmindful and is found as if in commune with some unseen spirit.
2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Nov. 18/2 The tiny ‘butterfly mines’..floated down from the helicopters and then lay in wait for unmindful children and animals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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