Senselessness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

total lack of meaning or ideas

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnsləsnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnsləsnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnsləsnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnsləsnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pointlessness inanity vacuity mindlessness

Word Forms

inane	adjective	devoid of intelligence
senseless	adjective	serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
mindless	adjective	not marked by the use of reason
vacuous	adjective	devoid of significance or point
pointless	adjective	serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sinnlosigkeit

völliger Mangel an Bedeutung oder Ideen

🇫🇷French

insensé

manque total de sens ou d'idées

🇪🇸Spanish

insensatez

falta total de significado o ideas

🇮🇹Italian

insensatezza

totale mancanza di significato o di idee

🇳🇱Dutch

zinloosheid

totaal gebrek aan betekenis of ideeën

🇵🇹Portuguese

insensatez

total falta de significado ou ideias

🇷🇺Russian

бессмысленность

полное отсутствие смысла или идей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेखुदी

अर्थ या विचारों का पूर्ण अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

সংবেদনশীলতা

অর্থ বা ধারণার সম্পূর্ণ অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

உணர்வின்மை

பொருள் அல்லது யோசனைகளின் மொத்த பற்றாக்குறை

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివిలేనితనం

అర్థం లేదా ఆలోచనలు పూర్తిగా లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

मूर्खपणा

अर्थ किंवा कल्पनांचा संपूर्ण अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂર્ખતા

અર્થ અથવા વિચારોનો સંપૂર્ણ અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅರ್ಥಹೀನತೆ

ಅರ್ಥ ಅಥವಾ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಗಳ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിവേകശൂന്യത

അർത്ഥത്തിൻ്റെയോ ആശയങ്ങളുടെയോ മൊത്തത്തിലുള്ള അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਸਮਝੀ

ਅਰਥ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਚਾਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਪੂਰੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے حسی

معنی یا خیالات کی مکمل کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

毫无意义

完全缺乏意义或想法

🇯🇵Japanese

無意味さ

意味やアイデアがまったく欠如している

🇰🇷Korean

치기

의미나 아이디어가 완전히 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự vô cảm

hoàn toàn thiếu ý nghĩa hoặc ý tưởng

🇹🇭Thai

ความไร้สติ

ขาดความหมายหรือความคิดโดยสิ้นเชิง

🇮🇩Indonesian

keadaan pingsan

kurangnya makna atau ide

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng pakiramdam

kabuuang kawalan ng kahulugan o ideya

🇲🇾Malay

kebodohan

kekurangan sepenuhnya makna atau idea

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحماقة

النقص التام في المعنى أو الأفكار

🇮🇷Persian

بی عقلی

فقدان کامل معنا یا ایده

🇹🇷Turkish

anlamsızlık

tamamen anlam veya fikir eksikliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוסר טעם

חוסר משמעות או רעיונות מוחלטים

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The primary meaning of 'senselessness' is 'total lack of meaning or ideas'.

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Using 'senselessness' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'senselessness' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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