senseless

Words with a similar base: senseless

'senseless'

[mindless.s.04] as in: not marked by the use of reason

Examples:
mindless violence
reasonless hostility
a senseless act

'senseless'

[insensible.s.03] as in: unresponsive to stimulation

Examples:
he lay insensible where he had fallen
drugged and senseless

'senseless'

[otiose.s.01] as in: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Examples:
otiose lines in a play
advice is wasted words
a pointless remark
a life essentially purposeless
senseless violence

'senseless'

[nitwitted.s.01] as in: (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Origins

					senseless (English)
├── -less (English)
│   └── -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       └── leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── sense (English)
    └── sense (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── sens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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