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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
Adjective
1. having no meaning or purpose: a senseless act of violence
2. unconscious
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 << OPPOSITE conscious
Translations
senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs] adjestúpido, insensato (= unconscious); sin conocimiento
senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs] sense adjinsensé(e)stupide (= unconscious); sans connaissance
senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs] sense adj (pointless) → sinnlos;
(unconscious) → besinnungslos, bewusstlos
senseless [ˈsɛnslɪs] adjsciocco/a (= unconscious); privo/a di sensi


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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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