senselessness

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sense·less (s

adj.

1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.

2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid.

3. Insensate; unconscious.

senseless·ly adv.

senseless·ness n.

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Noun

senselessness - total lack of meaning or ideas

inanity, mindlessness, pointlessness, vacuity

meaninglessness - the quality of having no value or significance; "he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him"

Translations

senselessness [ˈsenslɪsnɪs] N → falta f de sentido

senselessness

n (= stupidity) → Unvernunft f, → Unsinnigkeit f; (= futility) → Sinnlosigkeit f

senselessness [ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs] n (of person) → mancanza di buon senso; (of action, idea) → insensatezza, assurdità

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absurdity amentia balls Catch-22 differentiation emptiness Fighting idiocy inanity insanity irrationality lunacy meaninglessness mindlessness nonsense oblivion pointlessness Promiscuousness sanity			But even then, at moments of weakness as he had accounted them, his mind had penetrated to those distances and he had there seen the same pettiness, worldliness, and senselessness. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context On a perfect day, when the sky seemed blue porcelain, and the waves of the discreet little bay beat gentlest of tattoos upon the sand, Margaret hurried up through the rhododendrons, confronted again by the senselessness of Death. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context The attack must have all the shocking senselessness of gratuitous blasphemy. The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context			sense of balance sense of direction sense of duty sense of equilibrium sense of hearing sense of humor sense of humour sense of movement sense of purpose sense of responsibility sense of right and wrong sense of shame sense of smell sense of taste sense of the meeting sense of touch sense organ Sense organule sense perception sense tagger sensed Senseful sensei senseless senselessly senselessness sensi sensibilia sensibilise sensibilities sensibility sensibilize sensible sensible horizon Sensible note sensibleness sensibly Sensifacient Sensiferous Sensific Sensificatory sensify Sensigenous sensillum sensing sensing element Sensism Sensist sensitisation sensitise sensitised			sense perception Sense Selection Network Sense strand Sense strand Sense strand Sense strand sense switch sense tagger Sense Through-The-Wall Sense, Search And Destroy Armor Sense-data Sense-Model-Plan-Act sensed sensed sensed sensed sensed Senseful sensei SENSEID senseis senseless senseless Senseless (movie) Senseless (movie) Senseless Desire to Acquire senseless prate senseless talk senselessly senselessly senselessness Senseney Music Community Band senses senses senses senses senses senses Senses Fail Sensex Sensex Sensexes Sensi Sensi Sensibal Sensibilia Sensibilidad a la tasa de interes Sensibilidade aos juros sensibilise Sensibilité aux Conditions Initiales Sensibilite interet Sensibilite-interet sensibilities sensibilities sensibilities sensibilities sensibility sensibility sensibility sensibility sensibilize

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