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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3
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
Please look at this and help remove this senseless provision.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Ideally, this leads to a place where even the unthinkable doesn’t seem senseless.
—Jane Ciabattari
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
How 'Jaws' stacks up against the best summer blockbusters ever 50 years ago, ‘Jaws’ scared us senseless.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Eugene has joined the ranks of the many enterprising freak shows working the New Orleans party circuit, where rich people pay him to dress up like a boxer and beat himself senseless.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for senseless
Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Ideally, this leads to a place where even the unthinkable doesn’t seem senseless.
—Jane Ciabattari
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
How 'Jaws' stacks up against the best summer blockbusters ever 50 years ago, ‘Jaws’ scared us senseless.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Eugene has joined the ranks of the many enterprising freak shows working the New Orleans party circuit, where rich people pay him to dress up like a boxer and beat himself senseless.
—Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senseless
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In some cases, AI feedback forced Martinez to reflect on how unconscious bias may have shaped his original assessment.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Used responsibly, these systems can offer clearer benchmarks and reduce unconscious bias.—
Andrew Fennell,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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According to Tom's Hardware, that drive also had the ability to automatically overwrite the contents of your storage with meaningless code so your original data couldn't be retrieved.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
15 July 2025
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At the same time, begin to appreciate moments of meaningless time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
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The Marlins would be foolish to trade away an ace with affordable team control at his lowest value ever.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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Schulman’s characters make enough foolish and self-indulgent choices to fill a volume twice the size of this slim one.—
Book Marks
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Partners View all partners Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals.—
Noam Vogt-Vincent,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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Still, what separates living, breathing beings from inanimate matter remains frustratingly set in my mind.—
Elizabeth Rush,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2025
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Instead, the series seems determined to prove that age is just a number by forcing its leads, now including Choudhury and Parker, to act as if 50 is the new (and very stupid) 30.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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Jurassic Park, based on the Michael Crichton best-seller, is an evolutionary joke: Man, the master of the universe, has become mere flesh, consumed by animals allegedly too stupid to survive.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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This perky, self-aware, sarcastic and downright silly show caters to both the more traditional Goodspeed audiences.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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Green Lantern is earnest and bright and, yeah, incredibly silly and a little embarrassing.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 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 22 Jul. 2025.
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