Definitions for senseless
ˈsɛns lɪssense·less

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mindless, reasonless, senseless(adj)

   not marked by the use of reason

   "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"

2. insensible, senseless(adj)

   unresponsive to stimulation

   "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

3. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted(adj)

   serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

   "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

4. nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, witless(adj)

   (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. senseless(Adjective)

   Bereft of feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation; unconscious; insensible.

   The blow to his head rendered him senseless, he didn't awaken until he was in the ambulance.

2. senseless(Adjective)

   Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense; pointless; meaningless.

   What a senseless waste of money.

3. senseless(Adjective)

   Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement; unreasonable; unwise; stupid.

   He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Senseless(adj)

   destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Senseless

   Senseless is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris and written by Greg Erb and Craig Mazin. The film stars Marlon Wayans, David Spade, and Matthew Lillard as college students.

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of senseless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of senseless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of senseless in a Sentence

1. Lina Bolanos:

   Dr. Bolanos was an outstanding pediatric anesthesiologist and a wonderful colleague in the prime of both her career and life, we will do all we can to support their families and our staff members who are processing this senseless tragedy and grieving an enormous loss.

2. Alisa Rock:

   We are deeply saddened to learn of the events leading up to the senseless hit-and-run accident that claimed Tom's life, and support the prosecutor's efforts to hold Bishop Heather Cook accountable for her actions to the fullest extent of the law.

3. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   If these reports are confirmed, this is another tragic example of a young Australian being lured to a senseless and violent death by a brutal terrorist organization that is intent on imposing suffering and misery not only in Iraq and in Syria, but beyond.

4. Hayward Police Chief Diane Urban:

   There's no why, it's an absolutely senseless murder.

5. Sybrina Fulton:

   The Trayvon Martin movement was not created to incite hate or further racial divide, but rather birthed to raise awareness to the social injustices that exist across America with regards to senseless gun violence against our young black and brown boys; the movement also focuses on the growing disparities in the lack of prosecution of the actual perpetrators.

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