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as in unconscious
having lost consciousness
she collapsed, senseless, after hitting her head
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as in meaningless
having no meaning
a pretty but senseless phrase
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as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
he may be a little absentminded, but he's really not as senseless as he seems
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a senseless decision to risk his life on a practical joke
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as in inanimate
lacking animate awareness or sensation
even the senseless sea seemed determined to swamp the storm-tossed ship
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Recent Examples of senseless
When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant.
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Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Counselors, therapy dogs and law enforcement are on campus as Apalachee – like many schools across the US – works to recover after a senseless school shooting.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Our family is heartbroken by this senseless tragedy.
—Yasmeen Saadi, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Oct. 2024
Clark’s death was no less tragic or senseless but certainly less premeditated than Vance’s remarks might let on (the driver was convicted of vehicular homicide in May).
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024
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Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Counselors, therapy dogs and law enforcement are on campus as Apalachee – like many schools across the US – works to recover after a senseless school shooting.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Our family is heartbroken by this senseless tragedy.
—Yasmeen Saadi, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Oct. 2024
Clark’s death was no less tragic or senseless but certainly less premeditated than Vance’s remarks might let on (the driver was convicted of vehicular homicide in May).
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senseless
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Hutson was found unconscious in his hostel room by staff on Nov. 13, the BBC reported, citing local media.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Three men dressed in black cut the power to John's estate before entering his bedroom and rendering him unconscious.Matt Cabral, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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The in-season tourney is, objectively, a meaningless competition.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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In truth, base clocks are nearly meaningless today and have been for more than a decade now, as the boost or turbo clock typically determines a CPU’s max operating frequency.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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The big choices characters do make are all almost incomprehensibly stupid.Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Nobody directing people and stupid mazes with limited entrances.Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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The San Francisco 49ers would be foolish to trade Nick Bosa, but that's exactly what a California politician wants.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
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The authors concluded that any attempt to create a synthetic substance to replace the mud — something Major League Baseball has explored — would be foolish.Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Reserve disinfecting products for inanimate surfaces only.Michele Cohen Marill, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2020
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There’s even been a slew of inanimate prom dates across the US, where students are ditching corsages in favor of cardboard: choosing instead to lug around scale-accurate depictions of Michael B. Jordan, Bernie Sanders and Danny DeVitto.Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
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In this show, everyone has their distinct personalities — Reneé as Leighton is sassy and dry and Pauline as Kimberly is sweet and a little silly, for example.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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Here was this band of rebellious and silly kids in bright clothes rapping their asses off.Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls.Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
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“Senseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senseless. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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