senseless
/ˈsɛnsləs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
adj
Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
adj
Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement
Example Sentences
- "The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance."
- "That hoary man had spent his livelong age / In converse with the dead, who leave the stamp / Of ever-burning thoughts on many a page, / When they are gone into the senseless damp / Of graves; […]"
- "What a senseless waste of money."
- "The school shooting was a senseless act of violence."
- "Addressing the nation on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the shooting “a senseless attack” and said “this Christmas will be unimaginably sad.”"
- "At the news conference, Crump called her killing “senseless on every level.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English senseless From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).