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English
Etymology
From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛnsləs/
- Hyphenation: sense‧less
Adjective
senseless (comparative more senseless, superlative most senseless)
- Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
- Synonyms: unconscious, insensible
The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.
1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Revolt of Islam; , London: or C and J Ollier, ; by B M‘Millan, , →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):That hoary man had spent his livelong age / In converse with the dead, who leave the stamp / Of ever-burning thoughts on many a page, / When they are gone into the senseless damp / Of graves; […]
- Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
- Synonyms: pointless, meaningless
What a senseless waste of money.
- Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.
- Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
- Synonyms: unreasonable, unwise, stupid
He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.
1762, Horace Walpole, “State of Painting from the Reign of Henry III. to the End of Henry VI.”, in Anecdotes of Painting in England; , volume I, London: Thomas Farmer , →OCLC, pages 39–40:he King vvas obliged to qualify his grant, by eſtabliſhing betvveen the contending parties a rotation of ſeniority, each to take place alternately for a year, the ſurvivor to precede for his life the heir of the other, and ſo in perpetuum. A ſenſeleſs jumble, ſoon liquidated by a more egregious act of folly, the King vvith his ovvn hand crovvning the young Duke of VVarvvick King of the Iſle of VVight— […]
Translations
lacking meaning or purpose
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See also
References
- “senseless”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “senseless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.