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senselessness

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
senselessness [ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs] n (of person) → mancanza di buon senso; (of action, idea) → insensatezza, assurdità


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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
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