senseless
Adjective Satellite
- not marked by the use of reason
- "a senseless act"
- unresponsive to stimulation
- "drugged and senseless"
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- "senseless violence"
- (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
Adj
- Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
- Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
- Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
- Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
Examples
- He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.
- The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.
- The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.
- What a senseless waste of money.
Origin / Etymology
From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).
Synonyms
insensible, mindless, nitwitted, otiose, pointless, purposeless, reasonless, soft-witted, superfluous, wasted, witless, meaningless, stupid, unconscious, unreasonable, unwise
Scrabble Score: 9
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