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senseless

adj
/ˈsɛnsləs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English senseless From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).

  1. derived from sinloos — “senseless, foolish”
  2. derived from *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English senseless From sense + -less✻
  3. derived from sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der
  4. derived from *sennus Old French sensbor✻
  5. derived from *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor✻
  6. derived from *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor✻
  7. derived from *sent-der✻

Definitions

  1. Without feeling or desire to work

    Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.

    • The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.
    • That hoary man had spent his livelong age / In converse with the dead, who leave the stamp / Of ever-burning thoughts on many a page, / When they are gone into the senseless damp / Of graves; […]

  2. Lacking meaning or purpose

    Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.

    • What a senseless waste of money.

  3. Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.

    • The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.
    • Addressing the nation on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the shooting “a senseless attack” and said “this Christmas will be unimaginably sad.”
    • At the news conference, Crump called her killing “senseless on every level.”
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement

      • He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA