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Heedless vs Mindless - What's the difference?

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Heedless is a related term of mindless.


As adjectives the difference between heedless and mindless

is that heedless is unaware, without noticing while mindless is showing a lack of forethought or sense.

heedless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unaware, without noticing.
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    • Derived terms

    * heedlessness

    mindless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
  • Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
    • An act of mindless violence.
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    • , year=2012 , date=August 5 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993) citation , page= , passage=“I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons : the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.}}
  • Heedless.
  • (of a thing done) Overly repetitive and unchallenging.
  • Lacking a mind.
    • Atheism alleges that mindless scientific forces control the universe.

    Antonyms

    * mindful

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