senselessness (noun)

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• senselessness — senseless ► ADJECTIVE 1) unconscious or incapable of sensation. 2) lacking meaning, purpose, or common sense. DERIVATIVES senselessly adverb senselessness noun …   English terms dictionary

• senselessness — noun see senseless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• senselessness — noun The state of being senseless …   Wiktionary

• senselessness — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑inanity, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity, ↑pointlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• senselessness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, silliness, tomfoolery, zaniness. Informal: craziness. See ABILITY …   English dictionary for students

• senseless — adjective Date: 1557 destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to sense: as a. unconscious < knocked senseless > b. foolish, stupid < it was some senseless practical joke A. Conan Doyle > c. meaningless, purposeless < a senseless murder > • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• senseless — adjective 1》 unconscious or incapable of sensation. 2》 without discernible meaning or purpose.     ↘lacking common sense; wildly foolish. Derivatives senselessly adverb senselessness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• senseless — adjective 1 happening or done for no good reason or with no purpose: the senseless death of a young girl | senseless violence 2 unconscious: They beat him senseless, and left him for dead. senselessly adverb senselessness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• senseless — UK [ˈsensləs] / US adjective 1) happening or done for no purpose the senseless killing of innocent people a senseless waste of money 2) unconscious He drank himself senseless. Derived words: senselessly adverb senselessness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

• senseless — /ˈsɛnsləs/ (say sensluhs) adjective 1. unconscious. 2. destitute or deprived of sensation; insentient. 3. destitute of mental perception or appreciation. 4. stupid or foolish, as persons or actions. 5. nonsensical or meaningless, as words: this… …  

• senseless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unconscious or incapable of sensation. 2) lacking meaning, purpose, or common sense. DERIVATIVES senselessly adverb senselessness noun …   English terms dictionary