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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
My senate office stands ready to assist families, students, and educators with navigating this crisis and will do everything in my power to push for meaningful legislative changes to prevent senseless acts of gun violence.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
In spite of those aims, or perhaps in pursuit of them, over the course of this story their lives will devolve into senseless violence.
—Evan Ratliff, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025
The phrase 'practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty' was coined in 1982 by magazine writer and editor Anne Herbert.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
This new one is punctuated by a series of senseless and brutal killings, as if to suggest that the poison has always been within us.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
In spite of those aims, or perhaps in pursuit of them, over the course of this story their lives will devolve into senseless violence.
—Evan Ratliff, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025
The phrase 'practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty' was coined in 1982 by magazine writer and editor Anne Herbert.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
This new one is punctuated by a series of senseless and brutal killings, as if to suggest that the poison has always been within us.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senseless
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The victim was unconscious and had bruises on his face and body when the couple dropped him at Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush Saturday.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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According to local newspaper The Korea Times, Wheesung was discovered unconscious in his apartment in Seoul’s northern Gwangjin-gu district at 6:29 p.m.—
Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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The law, after all, is meaningless if no one can enforce it.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
18 Mar. 2025
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That figure is meaningless, Reyes said, because there was no comparison offered to the deployment rate of servicemembers overall.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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When Luca pulls a gun on him, ordering him to drive, Spencer quickly disarms him and then slaps him for the stupid move.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
9 Mar. 2025
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Indexing gives you a better chance to ‘be less stupid.’ — Investment advisor Barry Ritholtz Those dismal statistics come to us via the latest annual SPIVA scorecard (the acronym stands for Standard and Poor’s Index vs. Active).—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Peter, though revered as an apostle worthy of veneration, is also portrayed in the Gospels as prone to mistakes, often foolish, and sometimes outright contradictory to God’s will.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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The notion that women should be flawless multitaskers, managing a perfect home and career while never showing vulnerability or weakness is not only unrealistic, but also foolish.—
Nicole Lipkin,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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That’s why horror movies often have these inanimate emblems that are so terrifying.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Celebrate by having a relaxing bath with your favorite inanimate waterfowl.—
Rosalind Bowling,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 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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Finally, its focus on physics means that things get silly pretty quickly, which makes for very shareable moments and clips.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Dozen Bakery off Nolensville Pike is celebrating this silliest of holidays with special pies and quiche.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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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 22 Mar. 2025.
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