unmindful

adjective

ˌən-ˈmīn(d)-fəl How to pronounce unmindful (audio)
Definition of unmindfulnext
as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something unmindful of the consequences of such a rash decision

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Recent Examples of unmindful To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on. — Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024 Verdugo can continue the virtual Fit Mind program, where LR learned about Cookie Monster’s unmindful eating. — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023 Is unmindful of its sole predator, Time. — Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 29 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmindful
  1. unaware
  2. oblivious
  3. ignorant
Adjective
  • Not even Scheffler himself was unaware of his heroics in winning The PLAYERS a year ago.
    — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Schneider allegedly was unaware of the pivotal scene in which Brando’s character anally rapes her character using a stick of butter as lubricant.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of unaware
Adjective
  • What follows is a quest for somebody named Ralph Sampson, recently on the lam—born poor, grown rich, and, according to his daughter, wholly oblivious to the needs of the Mexican workers on his ranch, not far from Bakersfield, who are now on strike.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Children were playing badminton, oblivious of the ancient church looming behind them.
    — The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • Musk’s blind and ignorant closing of USAID has blacked out our billboard to the world of what America is about.
    — Llewellyn King, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
  • For one thing, Overstreet seemed set on portraying Black history in a way that was neither overly dour nor entirely ignorant of past violence.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of ignorant

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