Meaning & Definition of Senseless in English
English⟶
Senseless
/sɛnsləs/
adjective
1. Not marked by the use of reason
- "Mindless violence"
- "Reasonless hostility"
- "A senseless act"
synonym:
- mindless,
- reasonless,
- senseless
2. Unresponsive to stimulation
- "He lay insensible where he had fallen"
- "Drugged and senseless"
synonym:
- insensible,
- senseless
3. 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"
synonym:
- otiose,
- pointless,
- purposeless,
- senseless,
- superfluous,
- wasted
4. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
synonym:
- nitwitted,
- senseless,
- soft-witted,
- witless
Examples of using
This was senseless violence.
She fell down senseless on the floor.
These senseless killings will not go unpunished.