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work done. 19 never mind. ignore, disregard, forget, pay no
attention to, do not think twice about, do not give a second
thought to, erase or obliterate or cancel from the mind, slough
off: Never mind what that naughty boy calls you!
minder n. 1 child-minder, babysitter, sitter, nanny, nurse, governess:
The minder will put the children to bed. 2 bodyguard, escort,
protector: Arthur hired an ex-fighter as his minder.
mindful adj. Often, mindful of. aware, alert, attentive to, alive,
conscious, heedful, conscientious, watchful, vigilant, on the
qui vive, on the lookout, circumspect, cautious: I am ever
mindful of the way you like things done. She was always mindful
of keeping the plants well watered.
mindless adj. 1 stupid, asinine, thick, thickheaded, obtuse, idiotic,
imbecilic, moronic, thoughtless, witless, senseless, brainless,
feeble-minded, fatuous, addle-brained, addle-pated,
feather-brained, Colloq Brit gormless: Many of the programmes
on television are mindless twaddle. 2 inattentive, unthinking,
thoughtless, unaware: He plunged into the pool, mindless of any
of the perils that awaited him.
mine n. 1 pit, excavation, lode, vein; colliery, coalfield: My
father worked in a mine from the age of 14. 2 source,
mother-lode, vein, store, storehouse, supply, deposit,
depository or depositary, repository, reserve, hoard, treasure
trove, reservoir, well-spring; abundance, fund, gold-mine,
wealth, treasury: This encyclopedia is a rich mine of
information.
--v. 3 excavate, dig, quarry, extract, scoop out or up, remove,
unearth; derive, extract, draw: He claims to have mined coal in
Wales and gold in South Africa. Analysis shows this ore was
mined in Pennsylvania. 4 ransack, search, rake through, scour,
scan, read, survey, look through, probe: Several directories
were mined to compile our list of sales prospects.
mingle v. 1 mix, blend, intermingle, commingle, intermix, combine,
amalgamate, merge, compound, marry, join, unite: The stories
cleverly mingle gravity and levity, the mundane and the magical.
There was loud applause, mingled with a few chuckles and gasps.
2 mix, socialize, associate, join, circulate, fraternize,