mindless

Having no sensible reason or useful purpose.

• It was an act of mindless cruelty.
• The town suffered another night of mindless destruction.
• What can we do to stop this mindless violence?

Similar words: senseless, pointless, meaningless

Opposites: purposeful

Common phrases: mindless violence, mindless destruction, mindless cruelty

So easy or repetitive that you can do it without thinking carefully.

• Packing boxes is mindless work.
• I wanted some mindless entertainment after a long day.
• She grew tired of repeating the same mindless tasks.

Similar words: unthinking, mechanical, undemanding

Opposites: challenging, stimulating

Common phrases: mindless work, a mindless task, mindless entertainment

Not noticing or caring about something that deserves attention.

• He was mindless of the danger.
• She spoke loudly, mindless of the sleeping children.
• They continued spending, mindless of the consequences.

How to use it: mindless of something (They rushed ahead, mindless of the risks.)

Similar words: heedless, unmindful, thoughtless

Opposites: mindful, attentive

Common phrases: mindless of danger, mindless of consequences, mindless of others

Having no ability to think or be aware of anything.

• The monster was a mindless creature.
• These mindless machines cannot understand human feelings.
• The spell turned him into a mindless zombie.

Similar words: unthinking, unsentient

Opposites: sentient, conscious

Common phrases: a mindless machine, mindless creatures, a mindless zombie