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senselessness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inanity, mindlessness, pointlessness, vacuity |
| Type of | meaninglessness |
| Derivation | senseless |
Examples of senselessness
senselessness
It is a noble plan on account of its senselessness, and typically Harrisonesque.
From the kansas.com
But the urgent search for meaning ran into the real, raw sense of senselessness.
From the time.com
The futility, the senselessness of it all, that's what you're really angry about.
From the blackburncitizen.co.uk
I wept at the end because of the utter senselessness of JFK's untimely death.
From the independent.co.uk
What seems like such tragic senselessness is hard for adults to comprehend.
From the buffalonews.com
Miller did not attempt to explain the senselessness of a fatal illness.
From the washingtonpost.com
Reading the profiles of the victims, the senselessness of this tragedy becomes even greater.
From the latimes.com
I can not imagine how those directly involved are coping with the senselessness of this all.
From the cnn.com
The second incident was even more unsettling for its senselessness.
From the dailynews.com
- Inanity: total lack of meaning or ideas
- (senseless) mindless: not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
- (senseless) insensible: unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
- (senseless) otiose: 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"
- (senseless) nitwitted: (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- Senselessness is the English translation of the 2004 novel Insensatez, originally written in Spanish by Honduran writer Horacio Castellanos Moya. Senselessness was translated by Katherine Silver and published in 2008 by New Directions Publishers. ...
- Senseless is a 1998 American romantic 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.
- (senseless) Bereft of feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation; unconscious; insensible; Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense; pointless; meaningless; Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement; unreasonable; unwise; stupid
