Senseless
adjective
Not having or showing good sense or good reason.
It was senseless to continue the argument.
Often appears as...
- senseless violence
- senseless act
adjective
Unconscious or knocked out.
He was left senseless by a blow to the head.
adjective
Lacking human feeling or sensitivity.
They were shocked by the senseless brutality of the attack.
Often appears as...
- senseless cruelty
- senseless brutality
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not having or showing good sense or good reason.
It was senseless to continue the argument.
Often appears as...
- senseless violence
- senseless act
adjective
Unconscious or knocked out.
He was left senseless by a blow to the head.
adjective
Lacking human feeling or sensitivity.
They were shocked by the senseless brutality of the attack.
Often appears as...
- senseless cruelty
- senseless brutality
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Rationality
Use 'senseless' to describe actions that are hard to justify logically.
The senseless decision left everyone baffled.
Pro Tip 2/3Absurdity Highlighted
'Senseless' emphasizes the irrational aspect of situations or behaviors.
The movie plot was senseless and confusing.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'senseless' often implies disapproval of the action or idea.
They argued for hours in a senseless debate.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Rationality
Use 'senseless' to describe actions that are hard to justify logically.
The senseless decision left everyone baffled.
Pro Tip 2/3Absurdity Highlighted
'Senseless' emphasizes the irrational aspect of situations or behaviors.
The movie plot was senseless and confusing.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'senseless' often implies disapproval of the action or idea.
They argued for hours in a senseless debate.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Rationality
Use 'senseless' to describe actions that are hard to justify logically.
The senseless decision left everyone baffled.
Pro Tip 2/3Absurdity Highlighted
'Senseless' emphasizes the irrational aspect of situations or behaviors.
The movie plot was senseless and confusing.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'senseless' often implies disapproval of the action or idea.
They argued for hours in a senseless debate.
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My failed mission to...
But nonetheless, I find myself thinking about those emails every time I reflect back on the bias and prejudice that I've faced in my life, or when there's another hate crime or a senseless tragedy that underscores the disheartening sense that our differences might be insurmountable.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
And though her heroines might ridicule senseless social mores, Austen fully understood the practical importance of maintaining appearances. At the time she was writing, a wealthy marriage was a financial necessity for most young women,
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The price of shame PIPE...
after it was too late. Tyler's tragic, senseless death was a turning point for me. It served to recontextualize my experiences, and I then began to look at the world of humiliation and bullying around me and see something different.
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Most Nail-Biting Moments...
senseless this whole thing is because so much suffering for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a special clay they'll help heal the wound what do you think Fred thank you
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Top 5 Inspirational...
cruel people can be to deny how senseless this whole thing is because so much suffering but for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a special clay they'll help heal the
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
beautiful animals, and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner.
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Why do we, like,...
And in some contexts, the stigma these social cues carry can work against the speaker. But in most conversations, these seemingly senseless sounds can convey a world of meaning.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
cruel people can be how senseless this whole thing is because so much for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a special play they'll help
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
jury told the world that what we all saw with our own eyes wasn't the crime today that jury asked us to accept the senseless and brutal
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Is life meaningless? And...
his ideas defiantly imbuing a senseless world with inspiration rather than defeat.
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My failed mission to...
But nonetheless, I find myself thinking about those emails every time I reflect back on the bias and prejudice that I've faced in my life, or when there's another hate crime or a senseless tragedy that underscores the disheartening sense that our differences might be insurmountable.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
And though her heroines might ridicule senseless social mores, Austen fully understood the practical importance of maintaining appearances. At the time she was writing, a wealthy marriage was a financial necessity for most young women,
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The price of shame PIPE...
after it was too late. Tyler's tragic, senseless death was a turning point for me. It served to recontextualize my experiences, and I then began to look at the world of humiliation and bullying around me and see something different.
Video examples
Most Nail-Biting Moments...
senseless this whole thing is because so much suffering for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a special clay they'll help heal the wound what do you think Fred thank you
Video examples
Top 5 Inspirational...
cruel people can be to deny how senseless this whole thing is because so much suffering but for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a special clay they'll help heal the
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
beautiful animals, and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner.
Video examples
Why do we, like,...
And in some contexts, the stigma these social cues carry can work against the speaker. But in most conversations, these seemingly senseless sounds can convey a world of meaning.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
cruel people can be how senseless this whole thing is because so much for an ornament simply for an ornament he's treated with a special play they'll help
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
jury told the world that what we all saw with our own eyes wasn't the crime today that jury asked us to accept the senseless and brutal
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Is life meaningless? And...
his ideas defiantly imbuing a senseless world with inspiration rather than defeat.
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Quote examples
Andrew Weil
American Scientist
In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created.
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T. C. Boyle
American Novelist
I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it - in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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John Holt
American Educator
Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
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Jonathan Carroll
American Author
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.
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Alva Myrdal
Swedish Diplomat
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.
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Sajid Khan
The moment any film has song and dance sequences - where any time any character can start singing and dancing without any explanation - it can turn into a senseless film.
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William Penn
English Leader
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
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Haider al-Abadi
Iraqi Politician
We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.
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Rollo May
American Psychologist
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
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Philip K. Dick
American Writer
The ultimate problem confronting me all my life has been the senseless injury to and neglect of my sister.
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Andrew Weil
American Scientist
In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created.
Quote examples
T. C. Boyle
American Novelist
I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it - in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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John Holt
American Educator
Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned.
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Jonathan Carroll
American Author
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.
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Alva Myrdal
Swedish Diplomat
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.
Quote examples
Sajid Khan
The moment any film has song and dance sequences - where any time any character can start singing and dancing without any explanation - it can turn into a senseless film.
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William Penn
English Leader
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
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Haider al-Abadi
Iraqi Politician
We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.
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Rollo May
American Psychologist
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence.
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Philip K. Dick
American Writer
The ultimate problem confronting me all my life has been the senseless injury to and neglect of my sister.
Example 1 of 10
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