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Senselessness
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sense⋅less

  [sens-lis]
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–adjective
1. destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
2. lacking mental perception, appreciation, or comprehension.
3. stupid or foolish, as persons or actions.
4. nonsensical or meaningless, as words: This letter is either cryptic or senseless.
Origin:
1550–60; sense + -less

Related forms:
sense⋅less⋅ly, adverb
sense⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. insensate, insensible. 2. unperceiving, undiscerning. 3. silly, idiotic, inane, witless, asinine.

Antonyms:
2. sensitive. 3. intelligent.
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Senselessness
By Horacio Castellanos Moya Qualified orders over $25 ship free
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sense·less   (sěns'lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.

  2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid.

  3. Insensate; unconscious.

sense'less·ly adv., sense'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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