Definitions
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- adverb In a
mindless manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an unreasonably senseless manner
- adverb without intellectual involvement
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Examples
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We have far more strip malls than parks, and the temptation to buy something mindlessly is a common way to spend a day.
Kari Henley: Budgeting Tips: De-Stress and Live With Less Kari Henley 2010
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We have far more strip malls than parks, and the temptation to buy something mindlessly is a common way to spend a day.
Kari Henley: Budgeting Tips: De-Stress and Live With Less Kari Henley 2010
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We have far more strip malls than parks, and the temptation to buy something mindlessly is a common way to spend a day.
Kari Henley: Budgeting Tips: De-Stress and Live With Less Kari Henley 2010
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"So long as we're not using or quoting such a word mindlessly," says David Remnick, the magazine's editor, "it seems patronizing to me to invent euphemisms or insert dashes.
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aka mindlessly searching for things on the internet.
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| Reply | Permalink yeah, people just kind of mindlessly translate 'presence of mandate' with 'better policy', but they have no idea.
Elizabeth Edwards: "I Just Have More Confidence" In Hillary On Health Care 2009
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Luther translated Scripture into the German language, so it could be assessable to the "common person", instead of "mindlessly" following priests' "gibbering Latin" in their masses.
The Insufficiency of Scripture James F. McGrath 2009
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Wait, forget "mindlessly"; they know what they're doing!
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What looks like pure, uncontaminated holy water may only be the whitewashing of an arm that dictates human cruelty and covers it up with mindlessly thrown platitudes.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Choosing one 500-calorie dessert or burger with all the fixings is a very different decision than mindlessly adding 100 calories here or there with mayonnaise, soft drinks, and whole-milk lattes.
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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