unmindful

[ uhn-mahynd-fuhl ]

adjective

1. not mindful; unaware; heedless; forgetful; careless; neglectful:

   unmindful of obligations.

   Synonyms: unobservant, negligent, inattentive

unmindful

/ ʌnˈmaɪndfʊl /

adjective

1. usually postpositiveand foll byof careless, heedless, or forgetful

Derived Forms

• unˈmindfully, adverb
• unˈmindfulness, noun

Other Words From

• un·mindful·ly adverb
• un·mindful·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmindful¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, unmindful is from the Middle English word unmyndeful. See un- ¹, mindful

Example Sentences

Sheltered as a girl, unmindful of some rules — and perhaps a bit entitled — she careered around town without a driver’s license or whipped out a tear sheet with her image on the cover of TV Guide in lieu of a proper ID.

From New York Times

"Justice encompasses not just the rights of the convicts but also the rights of the victims" and the "primary duty" of the court is to uphold justice and rule of law, Justice Nagarathna said, adding that the "rule of law must be preserved unmindful of the ripples of the consequences".

From BBC

And a chapter on shared meals strains to convey the significance of everyday dinners, unmindful of the sacred longing that those simple social rituals took on early in the pandemic, when people could not eat together.

From New York Times

“Although we frame this as a transportation issue, we all know it’s really a schooling issue — this changes just about everything about school for everybody, and I’m not unmindful of that,” she said.

From Seattle Times

In a law review article published in March, Gans wrote that in 1871, the American Medical Assn. described a woman who wanted an abortion as someone “unmindful of the course marked out for her by Providence,” who “overlooks the duties imposed on her by the marriage contract. She yields to the pleasures but shrinks from the pains and responsibilities of maternity.”

From Los Angeles Times