Definition of Senseless

1. Adjective. Not marked by the use of reason. "A senseless act"

Exact synonyms: Mindless, Reasonless
Similar to: Unreasonable
Derivative terms: Mindlessness, Mindlessness

2. Adjective. Unresponsive to stimulation. "Drugged and senseless"
Exact synonyms: Insensible
Similar to: Unconscious
Derivative terms: Insensibility

3. Adjective. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. "Senseless violence"

4. Adjective. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
Exact synonyms: Nitwitted, Soft-witted, Witless
Similar to: Stupid

Definition of Senseless

1. a. Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.

Definition of Senseless

1. Adjective. Bereft of feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation; unconscious; insensible. ¹

2. Adjective. Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense; pointless; meaningless. ¹

3. Adjective. Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement; unreasonable; unwise; stupid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Senseless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Senseless

sense of right and wrong
sense of shame
sense of smell
sense of taste
sense of the meeting
sense of touch
sense organ
sense organs
sense strand
sense strands
sensed
senseful
sensei
senseis
sensel
senseless
senselessly
senselessness
senselessnesses
sensels
sensemaking
sensery
senses
senses of humor
senses of humour
senshuraku
sensibilia
sensibilise
sensibilities
sensibility

Literary usage of Senseless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"The charm and venom which they drunk Their Wood with secret filth infected hath, Being diffused through the senseless trunk, That through the great ..."

2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... that things are dispensed by one regular and methodical, but unknowing senseless nature ; yet it seems to have been chiefly asserted by certain spurious ..."

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