1
as in insanity
lack of good sense or judgment
who had the senselessness to mix these dangerous chemicals together?
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as in stupidity
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
babbled some senselessness about being eaten by horses
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as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
the senselessness of his decision to drive after drinking so much
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senselessness
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Johnson had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, the outlets reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025 -
The gunman was found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent decades at a mental hospital before he was released in 2016 and freed from court restrictions in 2022.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Heck, maybe its sheer stupidity.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Trying to move in earlier to accommodate a pittance of an audience is mind boggling stupidity.—
Pol Ballus,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The patch was created by combining nanophotonics technology, which manipulates light at the nanometer scale (one-hundred-thousandth the thickness of a human hair) to read molecular properties, with microfluidics technology, which precisely controls sweat in channels thinner than a hair.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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This is the official thickness.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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Also along for the ride is Anthony Carrigan as the enigmatic Bodie, dragged into the fray as the mystery unravels into madness.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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That’s because just two weeks separate the regular season from October madness, and MLB’s playoff race could not be more chaotic.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Every four years, we are told that this is the most important election in history, which is a lot of errant nonsense.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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This type of nonsense from [in-laws] is what wears on you over the years.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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This means that all of the orders a seller receives can now benefit from the speed, reliability, and simplicity of Amazon's fulfillment—with MCF fulfilling millions more orders quickly and reliably year-over-year.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Categories that don’t deliver on validation, simplicity and palatability often struggle to scale.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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What really makes Dog Man special, though, is how Pilkey’s trademark mix of absurd silliness and surprising sincerity shines through.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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People had never seen that kind of silliness.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Consider the absurdity of carving a single oozing arancini into three or four pieces, doling out two measly salad leaves each to a foursome, or hacking a pristine fish fillet into chum for five.—
Maggie Hennessy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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The movie works, no question, even at the peak of its absurdity.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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