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senseless

[ sens-lis ]

adjective

  1. destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.

    Synonyms: insensible, insensate

  2. lacking mental perception, appreciation, or comprehension.

    Synonyms: undiscerning, unperceiving

    Antonyms: sensitive

  3. stupid or foolish, as persons or actions.

    Synonyms: idiotic, asinine, witless, inane, silly

    Antonyms: intelligent

  4. nonsensical or meaningless, as words:

    This letter is either cryptic or senseless.



senseless

/ ˈsɛnslɪs /

adjective

  1. lacking in sense; foolish

    a senseless plan

  2. lacking in feeling; unconscious
  3. lacking in perception; stupid


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsenselessness, noun
  • ˈsenselessly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • senseless·ly adverb
  • senseless·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of senseless1

First recorded in 1550–60; sense + -less

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Example Sentences

Or will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?

Bethea is trying to conjure why all the senseless killing of both his family member and the cops as well.

Senseless bureaucracy is part of what spawned the Tea Party.

The plot was a string of anecdotes from the senseless shootings of friends that Brinsley knew.

It reflects both the anger provoked by the senseless violence two days earlier, and the growing confidence of the opposition.

They shall be all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.

The piper was taken away senseless, but my brother would not suffer either Joe or Alley to be disturbed till breakfast was ready.

Overpowered with anguish, the light suddenly dropped from her hand, and she fell senseless upon the floor.

I would rather have undergone a hundred runaways than one week with that old woman muttering her Dutch over my senseless form.

Her prophets are senseless, men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.

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