mindless

insensé, gratuit

Qui n’a ni raison sensée ni but utile.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : senseless, pointless, meaningless

Contraires : purposeful

Expressions courantes : mindless violence, mindless destruction, mindless cruelty

machinal, abrutissant

Si facile ou répétitif qu’on peut le faire sans vraiment réfléchir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : unthinking, mechanical, undemanding

Contraires : challenging, stimulating

Expressions courantes : mindless work, a mindless task, mindless entertainment

insouciant, inattentif

Qui ne remarque pas une chose méritant de l’attention, ou ne s’en soucie pas.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : mindless of something (They rushed ahead, mindless of the risks.)

Synonymes : heedless, unmindful, thoughtless

Contraires : mindful, attentive

Expressions courantes : mindless of danger, mindless of consequences, mindless of others

dépourvu de conscience

Qui n’a pas la capacité de penser ou d’avoir conscience de quoi que ce soit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : unthinking, unsentient

Contraires : sentient, conscious

Expressions courantes : a mindless machine, mindless creatures, a mindless zombie