senselessness

noun

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1
as in insanity
lack of good sense or judgment who had the senselessness to mix these dangerous chemicals together?

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2
as in stupidity
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense babbled some senselessness about being eaten by horses

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3
as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind the senselessness of his decision to drive after drinking so much

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  1. insanity
  2. stupidity
  3. thickness
  4. madness
  5. nonsense
  6. simplicity
  7. absurdity
  8. garbage
Noun
  • Weeks later, more insanity ensued, the 50th home run ball selling for $4.39 million at auction, the highest price ever paid for any ball in any sport.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Germain, who teaches law at Syracuse University in New York, said that, given the weight of evidence, insanity is likely the only defense that will work.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of insanity
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  • Watch stupidity and laziness (my much better working title for The End of Work was The End of Laziness) rapidly disappear as technological advance erases so much of what people used to do for a living in favor of living for work.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Their books’ fantasies of martyrdom and religious metaphysics are a feint so as not to recognize the need for socialism at home and abroad, and to obscure American stupidity.
    Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
Definition of stupidity
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  • One of the most striking findings was a widespread reduction in gray matter volume (GMV) and cortical thickness across most areas of the cerebral cortex.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Our favorite mats come in a wide array of materials, thicknesses, and sizes, all for your choosing pleasure.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of thickness
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  • Elsewhere, players might enjoy body-replicating madness, brutal climbing simulators, and freewheeling adventure through a magical realist take on the Deep South.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • He is asked by RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake — a voice of reason in the madness — to recall the B-52 bombers that will end civilization.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of nonsense
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  • Secondly, the industry has perpetuated a culture that values simplicity and tradition over modernization.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Minimalist cocktails will remain popular, focusing on simplicity while delivering complex flavors.
    Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Corbet’s awkward forcing of his characters into his conceptual framework leads to absurdities and vulgarities—not least in the depiction of László’s first and only Black acquaintance, a laborer named Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé), as a heroin addict.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users The Game Awards 2024 Live Winners List, And Game Of The Year Such then is the delicate balance of accessibility and exclusivity, creativity and commerciality, genius and absurdity.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • When a garbage man showed up this week, Ms. deVicariis was overjoyed after days of cleaning up vegetation.
    Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The 55-year-old super’s body was found hidden under Navarro’s bed wrapped in clothing and two garbage bags, one covering his top half, the other covering his lower half.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of garbage
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