senseless
adjective
sense·less
ˈsen(t)s-ləs 
: destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to sense: such as
a
: unconscious
knocked senseless
c
: meaningless
a senseless murder
senselessly
adverb
senselessness
noun
Examples of senseless in a Sentence
Don't be such a senseless idiot!
she collapsed, senseless, after hitting her head
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On March 4, in senseless acts of violence, Linda, my neighbor, and her niece Natalie Graves were murdered at the base of that mountain.
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Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Following the death of his son in a senseless crime, a father’s obsession with finding the killer leads him into a painful search for truth, redemption, and the meaning of forgiveness.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
Tributes continue to pour into East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore lost her life in a senseless shooting Wednesday.
—Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
And so, as an English major at Northwestern University, Nast made this senseless crime the focus of his senior thesis.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Following the death of his son in a senseless crime, a father’s obsession with finding the killer leads him into a painful search for truth, redemption, and the meaning of forgiveness.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
Tributes continue to pour into East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore lost her life in a senseless shooting Wednesday.
—Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
And so, as an English major at Northwestern University, Nast made this senseless crime the focus of his senior thesis.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Senseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senseless. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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senseless
adjective
sense·less
ˈsen(t)-sləs
1
: unconscious entry 1 sense 2
knocked senseless
3
: pointless sense 1, meaningless
a senseless act
senselessly
adverb
senselessness
noun
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