unmindful

English

Etymology

From Middle English unmyndefull; equivalent to un- + mindful.

Adjective

unmindful (comparative more unmindful, superlative most unmindful)

  1. Lacking awareness; oblivious.
    Antonym: mindful
    Coordinate terms: absent-minded, thoughtless
  2. Failing to remember, recognize, or pay attention to something; heedless of.
    Antonyms: heedful, mindful, thoughtful
    Coordinate terms: absent-minded, mindless
    unmindful of his promise
    • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:
      We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.

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