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causeless

cau·se·less

UK/ˈkɔːzləs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

having no justifying cause or reason

  • “a senseless, causeless murder”
  • “a causeless war that never had an aim”
  • “an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change”
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2.

having no cause or apparent cause

  • “a causeless miracle”
  • “fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune”
  • “we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times”
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Origin

From Middle English causelees, causeles; equivalent to cause + -less.

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