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senseless

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sense·less  (snsls)
adj.
1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.
2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid.
3. Insensate; unconscious.

senseless·ly adv.
senseless·ness n.

senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs]
adj
1. lacking in sense; foolish a senseless plan
2. lacking in feeling; unconscious
3. lacking in perception; stupid
senselessly  adv
senselessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.senseless - not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
unreasonable - not reasonable; not showing good judgment
2.senseless - unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"
3.senseless - serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
4.senseless - (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

senseless
adjective
2. unconscious, stunned, insensible, out, cold, numb, numbed, deadened, unfeeling, out cold, anaesthetized, insensate Then I saw my boy lying senseless on the floor.
unconscious conscious, sensible, feeling
Translations
senseless [ˈsenslɪs] ADJ
1. [waste, violence etc] → sin sentido
it is senseless to protestno tiene sentido protestar
2. (= unconscious) → sin sentido, inconsciente
he was lying senseless on the flooryacía sin sentido or inconsciente en el suelo
to knock sb senselessderribar a algn y dejarle sin sentido
he fell senseless to the floorcayó al suelo sin sentido

senseless [ˈsɛnsləs] adj
(= stupid) → insensé(e)
(= unconscious) → sans connaissance
sense of direction n
(= ability to find one's way) → sens m de l'orientation
She has a good sense of direction → Elle a un bon sens de l'orientation.
(= clear aims) a sense of direction → de vraies orientations fpl
sense of humour (British) sense of humor (US) nsens m de l'humour
He's got no sense of humour → Il n'a aucun sens de l'humour.
She has a great sense of humour → Elle a un grand sens de l'humour.
sense of occasion n
There is a great sense of occasion → Les gens vivent cela comme une grande occasion.

senseless
adj
(= unconscious)besinnungslos, bewusstlos; to knock somebody senselessjdn bewusstlos schlagen
(= stupid)unvernünftig, unsinnig; (= futile) waste, discussionsinnlos; what a senseless thing to do/say etcwelch ein Unsinn

senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs] adj
a. (stupid, action) → insensato/a; (idea) → assurdo/a
b. (unconscious) → privo/a di sensi or di conoscenza

senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs] adj
a. (stupid, action) → insensato/a; (idea) → assurdo/a
b. (unconscious) → privo/a di sensi or di conoscenza

senseless عديم الاحساس nesmyslný meningsløs sinnlos άσκοπος sin sentido järjetön absurde besmislen insensato 無意味な 무분별한 bewusteloos sanseløs nieprzytomny insensato бессмысленный meningslös โง่เขลา amaçsız vô nghĩa 无意义的


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He uprose in full evening dress, And with senseless grimaces endeavored to say What his tongue could no longer express.
But when all that is explained and worked out on paper (which is perfectly possible, for it is contemptible and senseless to suppose that some laws of nature man will never understand), then certainly so-called desires will no longer exist.
I have a curious, senseless idea that I am bound to win at the gaming-tables.
 
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