senseless
/ˈsɛnsləs/ adjective
Forms senselesse
- adjective Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation. “The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.”
- adjective Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense. “What a senseless waste of money.”
- adjective Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act. “The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.”
- adjective Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement “He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.”
Synonyms
unconscious insensible pointless meaningless unreasonable unwise stupid mindless reasonless otiose purposeless superfluous wasted nitwitted soft-witted witless
Etymology
From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “senseless”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details