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senseless

sen·se·less

UK/ˈsɛnsləs/ US/ˈsɛnslʌs/ fairly common

adjective

1.

not marked by the use of reason

  • “mindless violence”
  • “reasonless hostility”
  • “a senseless act”
2.

unresponsive to stimulation

  • “he lay insensible where he had fallen”
  • “drugged and senseless”
Synonyms
3.

lacking import

  • “a pointless remark”
  • “a life essentially purposeless”
  • “senseless violence”
4.

(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Origin

From sense + -less.

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