unmindfully
- adverb
- /ʌnˈmaɪndfəlɪ/
- She unmindfully left her umbrella at the café and got soaked in the rain.
Examples
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He scrolled through his phone unmindfully while walking, nearly bumping into a lamppost.
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So he broke the doughnut and ate the pieces, and the worm, heedlessly, unmindfully.
Fiction book (1992) -
The children played unmindfully in the street, oblivious to the approaching car.
Synonyms
Without meaning to do something
Without thinking or knowing you do something
Without meaning to
In a way you do not know you are doing
Doing something without being aware of it
In a way that you do something without thinking or paying attention
In a distracted way, as if your mind is somewhere else
In a cheerful, careless way that shows little concern
Without thinking or paying attention
In a way that shows you are not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else
In a careless way without proper care or attention
Without thinking carefully or caring about others
In a way that shows no careful attention
Speak or act without careful thought
To do something without thinking carefully first
Not noticing what happens around you
In a lazy, careless way with little interest
In a way that shows you do not remember
In a way that shows no attention to what is happening
In a way that shows little care or attention
In an unplanned way not on purpose
Without planning or thinking about it first
Antonyms
How Carefully
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unmindfully comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and mindful, made from mind + -ful, meaning 'paying attention', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone's 'mind' being elsewhere and it means 'carelessly' or 'without attention'.