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单词 mindlessness
释义
mindlessness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmaɪnd.ləs.nəs/us
/ˈmaɪnd.ləs.nəs/
thequalityof beingstupidandmeaningnothing:
sitcomsthat aregenerallycondemnedfor mindlessness and tastelessness
Whatshockedmostpeoplewas theuttermindlessness of it all,particularlythe defacement of thestatue.
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mindless
thequalityof notneedingmuchthoughtormentaleffort:
It's the mindlessness of thejobsthat can make them sodifficult.
I like thesenovelsfortheirmindlessness.
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mindless
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  • I'vealmostbecomeimperviousto mindlessness andstupidityon thenet.
  • adangerousformofmaliciousmindlessness
  • The mindlessness of a good wordsearchpuzzlewillsoothethe mostthrobbinghead.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly behaviour
  • antics
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  • dottiness
  • dumbness
  • fatuousness
  • foolishness
  • frivolousness
  • fruit loopery
  • game
  • idiocy
  • lark
  • ludicrousness
  • madness
  • oafishness
  • obtuseness
  • puerility
  • screwball
  • the games (that) people playidiom
  • tomfoolery
  • vacuousness
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Easiness and simplicity
(Definition ofmindlessnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmindlessness

mindlessness
It is physical in its performance, in its representation, in the response it provokes and in its self-conscious 'mindlessness'.
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The 'mindlessness' that we have referred to here crops up under other names in the observations of various memoirists and commentators.
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Minding matters : the consequences ofmindlessness-mindfulness.
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It is a battle between civilisation andmindlessness; it is a battle between rational debate and increasingly vicious violence.
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It seems to demonstrate amindlessnessand a complete lack of consideration for other people and their property which it is extraordinarily difficult to understand.
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Perhaps they are suffering from a collectivemindlessness.
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The worrying aspect is themindlessnessof the hooligans and the vandals.
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Does that not add to themindlessnessof the event?
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We often speak of this irresponsible if not subversivemindlessnessas though it flourished 30 years ago and then vanished.
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So although there was muchmindlessnessin it all, one could, and still can, detect an element of wilfulness in attitude.
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She believed that art and literature were being swallowed up in a chaotic void ofmindlessness.
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It is simply impossible for you to realize themindlessnessof the children and young people and also of the grown-up people.
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