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mindless

[mahynd-lis] / ˈmaɪnd lɪs /


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This type of consumption, often referred to as mindless eating, is frequently conflated with overeating.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

So they ran routes in the frontyard or shot hoops in the driveway or rode bikes in the neighborhood, anything to stave off the inevitable draw of mindless videos on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

When mediocrity is the core objective of an extremely powerful company like this one, success hinges on turning the once-discerning viewer into a machine cog as mindless as one of Netflix’s baffling originals.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

"I don't think he is one of them that will do some mindless scrolling," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

It is a compulsive, essentially neurotic kind of behavior, as mindless as an Ionesco character, but the wasp cannot imagine any other way of doing the thing.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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