Senseless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

not marked by the use of reason

unresponsive to stimulation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnsləs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnsləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnsləs/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnsləs/.

Examples

mindless violence
reasonless hostility
a senseless act

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reasonless pointless mindless superfluous otiose wasted purposeless soft-witted witless insensible nitwitted

Parts of Speech

adjective	not marked by the use of reason “mindless violence”
adjective	unresponsive to stimulation “he lay insensible where he had fallen”
adjective	serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being “otiose lines in a play”
adjective	(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Word Forms

mindlessness	noun	total lack of meaning or ideas
insensibility	noun	a lack of sensibility
pointlessness	noun	total lack of meaning or ideas
purposelessness	noun	the quality of lacking any definite purpose
senselessness	noun	total lack of meaning or ideas

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

sinnlos

nicht durch den Gebrauch der Vernunft gekennzeichnet

🇫🇷French

insensé

non marqué par l'usage de la raison

🇪🇸Spanish

sin sentido

no marcado por el uso de la razón

🇮🇹Italian

insensato

non segnato dall’uso della ragione

🇳🇱Dutch

zinloos

niet gekenmerkt door het gebruik van de rede

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem sentido

não marcado pelo uso da razão

🇷🇺Russian

бессмысленный

не отмеченный использованием разума

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेहोश

कारण के प्रयोग से चिह्नित नहीं

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুভূতিহীন

কারণ ব্যবহার দ্বারা চিহ্নিত করা হয় না

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வற்ற

காரணத்தைப் பயன்படுத்துவதன் மூலம் குறிக்கப்படவில்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివిలేని

కారణం ఉపయోగించడం ద్వారా గుర్తించబడలేదు

🇮🇳Marathi

मूर्ख

कारणाच्या वापराने चिन्हांकित नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અણસમજુ

કારણના ઉપયોગ દ્વારા ચિહ્નિત થયેલ નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅರ್ಥಹೀನ

ಕಾರಣದ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിവേകശൂന്യമായ

യുക്തിയുടെ ഉപയോഗത്താൽ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടില്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਸਮਝ

ਕਾਰਨ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਿਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے حس

وجہ کے استعمال سے نشان زد نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

毫无意义的

不以使用理由为标志

🇯🇵Japanese

無意味な

理由の使用によってマークされていない

🇰🇷Korean

무의미한

이유를 사용하여 표시되지 않음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vô tri

không được đánh dấu bằng việc sử dụng lý trí

🇹🇭Thai

ไร้สติ

ไม่ถือเป็นการใช้เหตุผล

🇮🇩Indonesian

bodoh

tidak ditandai dengan penggunaan akal

🇵🇭Filipino

walang sense

hindi namarkahan ng paggamit ng katwiran

🇲🇾Malay

tak masuk akal

tidak ditandai dengan penggunaan akal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لا معنى له

لم يتسم باستخدام العقل

🇮🇷Persian

بی معنی

با استفاده از عقل مشخص نشده است

🇹🇷Turkish

anlamsız

aklın kullanımıyla işaretlenmemiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲסַר טַעַם

לא מסומן על ידי שימוש בהיגיון

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