Added 9 October 2026
senseless
/ˈsɛnsləs/ adjective
In Latin: excors Wiktionary
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about senseless at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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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.
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Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
What a senseless waste of money.
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Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.
Origin
From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).
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