Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-minded
Adjective
  • There’s a Moon Alert all day, which adds to the delays and goofy energy and restricts your spending to food and gas.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Dark Winds took an explicit turn with its social and political commentary in its second season; as a result, the dialogue occasionally veered into goofy literalness, and many of its heavy-handed lines were given to Emma.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Finally, its focus on physics means that things get silly pretty quickly, which makes for very shareable moments and clips.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Dozen Bakery off Nolensville Pike is celebrating this silliest of holidays with special pies and quiche.
    Adam Tamburin, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Somewhere up there in Hoops Heaven, Stormin’ Norman Sloan is one giddy Gator who is almost certainly feeling validated and vindicated about the SEC’s basketball awakening.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Indian cricket legend Harmanpreet Kaur was euphoric, roaring loudly into the Mumbai sky and echoed by 15,000 giddy fans at the Brabourne Stadium.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The data suggests that market timing is not a futile exercise but a skill - one that, like any other, is unevenly distributed and requires both technological sophistication and human insight to exploit effectively.
    Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Former Vice President Mohammad-Ali Abtahi dismissed negotiations with Trump as futile, arguing that Trump's leadership made diplomacy ineffective.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Light-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-minded. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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