Causeless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having no justifying cause or reason

having no cause or apparent cause

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːzməɡˌɑːnaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/klˈɔːɹɐpˌataɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/klˈɔːɹɐpˌataɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːzməɡˌɑːnaɪz/.

Examples

a senseless, causeless murder
a causeless war that never had an aim
an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reasonless fortuitous uncaused

Parts of Speech

adjective	having no justifying cause or reason “a senseless, causeless murder”
adjective	having no cause or apparent cause “a causeless miracle”

Word Forms

fortuitousness

noun

the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

grundlos

keinen rechtfertigenden Grund oder Grund haben

🇫🇷French

sans cause

n'ayant aucune cause ou raison justificative

🇪🇸Spanish

sin causa

sin tener causa o motivo que lo justifique

🇮🇹Italian

senza causa

senza alcuna causa o motivo giustificativo

🇳🇱Dutch

oorzaakloos

zonder rechtvaardigende oorzaak of reden

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem causa

sem causa ou razão justificativa

🇷🇺Russian

беспричинный

не имея оправдательной причины или причины

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अकारण

जिसका कोई उचित कारण या कारण न हो

🇧🇩Bengali

কারণহীন

কোন যুক্তিযুক্ত কারণ বা কারণ নেই

🇮🇳Tamil

காரணமற்ற

நியாயமான காரணம் அல்லது காரணம் இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

కారణం లేని

సమర్థించే కారణం లేదా కారణం లేదు

🇮🇳Marathi

कारणहीन

कोणतेही न्याय्य कारण किंवा कारण नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

કારણહીન

કોઈ વાજબી કારણ અથવા કારણ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾರಣವಿಲ್ಲದ

ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಮರ್ಥನೀಯ ಕಾರಣ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾರಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാരണമില്ലാത്ത

ന്യായീകരിക്കുന്ന കാരണമോ കാരണമോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਾਰਨ ਰਹਿਤ

ਕੋਈ ਜਾਇਜ਼ ਕਾਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے سبب

کوئی جواز یا وجہ نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无缘由的

没有正当理由或理由

🇯🇵Japanese

原因のない

正当な理由や理由がないこと

🇰🇷Korean

이유 없는

정당한 이유나 근거가 없는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vô cớ

không có nguyên nhân hoặc lý do chính đáng

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีสาเหตุ

ไม่มีเหตุหรือเหตุผลอันสมควร

🇮🇩Indonesian

tdk beralasan

tidak mempunyai sebab dan alasan yang dapat dibenarkan

🇵🇭Filipino

walang dahilan

walang makatwirang dahilan o dahilan

🇲🇾Malay

tanpa sebab

tidak mempunyai sebab atau alasan yang wajar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بلا سبب

ليس لها سبب أو سبب مبرر

🇮🇷Persian

بی علت

بدون دلیل یا دلیل موجه

🇹🇷Turkish

nedensiz

hiçbir haklı nedeni ya da nedeni olmayan

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְלֹא סִיבָּה

ללא סיבה או סיבה מצדיקים

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