1
as in unconscious
having lost consciousness
she collapsed, senseless, after hitting her head
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2
as in meaningless
having no meaning
a pretty but senseless phrase
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
he may be a little absentminded, but he's really not as senseless as he seems
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a senseless decision to risk his life on a practical joke
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as in inanimate
lacking animate awareness or sensation
even the senseless sea seemed determined to swamp the storm-tossed ship
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Recent Examples of senseless
What happened to Mark's wife Gabby is just senseless.
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Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
What happened to Mark's wife, Gabby, is just senseless.
—NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Our condolences go out to the Kirk family and all those affected by this senseless act.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
This senseless act of violence has no place in America.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
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Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
What happened to Mark's wife, Gabby, is just senseless.
—NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Our condolences go out to the Kirk family and all those affected by this senseless act.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
This senseless act of violence has no place in America.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senseless
Adjective
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Real growth often lies in what’s still unconscious—truth over praise.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Scientists found that hearing an infant in distress activates the autonomic nervous system—the body's unconscious control system for functions like breathing and digestion—causing our faces to literally get hotter.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Negotiations are meaningless unless Putin begins to pay a price in tougher economic sanctions and greater military support to Ukraine.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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These meaningless phrases could describe any coach on the planet.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Napier got a one-year honeymoon until a Week 1 loss at Utah in 2023, the year when the Gators committed a silly amount of dumb penalties (including the original instance of two guys wearing the same jersey).—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The reigning Super Bowl champs better hope that’s the dumbest thing that one of their players does this season.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The pattern of blaming star players, whether Cristiano Ronaldo or Marcus Rashford, is looking foolish, and the side has plummeted in form.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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That’s penny wise, not pour foolish.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Many people backed his daughter because there was a dog outside in a way, while others acknowledge how creepy that inanimate face could be to a child.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Thin bony fingers as inanimate as dry cigarette papers.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Jimmy Kimmel said something stupid and should apologize.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Yeah, stupid s--- like this apparently is gonna keep happening for the next three years.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mea Culpa is Perry at his most knowingly silly, and a throwback to erotic thrillers of decades past.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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For every community of mass-shooter fandoms, there is another that is silly, joyous, productive, or totally harmless.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls.—
Matthew Ponsford,
WIRED,
19 Sep. 2024
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But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.—
Lauren Gill,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2023
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“Senseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senseless. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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