not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
Used in a Sentence
senseless
How to use senseless in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for senseless.
Editorial note
This one really hit me:> The act I committed to put me here was not just heinous, it was senseless.
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Quick take
not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of senseless gathered in one view.
unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for senseless.
adjective
not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
See also: mindless, reasonless
adjective
unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
See also: insensible
adjective
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
See also: otiose, pointless, purposeless, superfluous, wasted
adjective
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
See also: nitwitted, soft-witted, witless
Example sentences
This one really hit me:> The act I committed to put me here was not just heinous, it was senseless.
Our senseless push to get kids to learn to code is like this senseless hyper-aggrandizing of the "creatives".
Hosting your code on GitHub is senseless because anybody can take your code down at a moment's notice.
My creativity has soared since I quit having senseless meetings, or bureaucratic red tape to get through.
Which is to say "you might not like senseless disk-thrashing but would you rather have your machine randomly freeze when it got out of memory?
That's really just a senseless time-sucker and you won't miss it within a week.- Babysteps, babysteps, babysteps.
As other commenters said, it's a very common and senseless rhetoric used by anti-privacy politicians.
But if he simply stares at the thing as a senseless monstrosity that has somehow sprung up in his path, it is he and not the traditionalist who is suffering from an illusion.
As this article pertains to screen issues how about we discuss this a little bit rather than engaging in senseless rants?The "ghosting" issue the article highlights is a known problem with certain types of LCD screens.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use senseless in a sentence?
This one really hit me:> The act I committed to put me here was not just heinous, it was senseless.
What does senseless mean?
not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
What part of speech is senseless?
senseless is commonly used as adjective.