Synonyms for senseless
ˈsɛns lɪssense·less

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1. senseless

   That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two," Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.

   Synonyms:
   absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, stupid, unreasonable, wild

   Antonyms:
   certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise

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1. senseless

   Synonyms:
   nonsensical, unmeaning, stupid, brainless, unconscious, foolish, silly, objectless, absurd

   Antonyms:
   sensible, significant, wise, practical

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1. mindless, reasonless, senselessadjective

   not marked by the use of reason

   "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"

   Synonyms:
   otiose, vacuous, nitwitted, inane, unmindful, witless, wasted, purposeless, soft-witted, reasonless, superfluous, fatuous, insensible, asinine, causeless, forgetful, mindless, pointless

   Antonyms:
   conscious, smart, valuable, sensible, reasonable

2. insensible, senselessadjective

   unresponsive to stimulation

   "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, otiose, insensible(p), mindless, reasonless, unaffected(p), undetectable, indiscernible, pointless, witless, nitwitted, soft-witted, insensible, purposeless, wasted

   Antonyms:
   conscious, sensible, reasonable, valuable, smart

3. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wastedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   spare, gaunt, work-shy, supernumerary, diminished, unpointed, lazy, slothful, emaciated, pinched, surplus, cadaverous, superfluous, faineant, ineffectual, futile, mindless, witless, supererogatory, excess, redundant, nitwitted, wasted, insensible, haggard, purposeless, unavailing, reasonless, skeletal, pointless, atrophied, soft-witted, indolent, otiose, extra, bony, squandered

   Antonyms:
   sensible, smart, reasonable, valuable, conscious

4. nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, witlessadjective

   (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

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

   Antonyms:
   conscious, smart, reasonable, valuable, sensible

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1. senselessadjective

   Synonyms:
   inert, not sentient, without perception

2. senselessadjective

   Synonyms:
   insensible, unfeeling, apathetic

3. senselessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unreasonable, foolish, nonsensical, stupid, doltish, preposterous

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1. senselessadjective

   Synonyms:
   insensible, unconscious, absurd, silly, nonsensical, inept, foolish, idiotic, fatuous, unwise

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1. List of paraphrases for "senseless":

   pointless, meaningless, nonsensical, absurd, mindless, foolish, wanton, insane, irrational, nonsense, futile, useless, unwise, reckless, crazy, unreasonable, preposterous

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1. Kedar Joshi:

   How miserable a solipsist is! It is rather senseless for him to even assert his belief in solipsism, for, on the one hand, if his belief is false it is like committing intellectual suicide, and, on the other hand, if his belief is true it is an act of intellectual insanity.

2. Yvette Burnett:

   It's a senseless death, a child, teenagers, walk into a store thinking it's legal, thinking it's not going to hurt them. They purchased something that shouldn't be sold. And we just don't want the pain of what we're going through to affect other families.

3. Daniel Golden:

   We have to stop this senseless, senseless gun violence. There are too many people out here getting shot. There are too many people out here getting killed in the United States of America.

4. W. Somerset Maugham:

   There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish to bewail it senseless.

5. Karl Hoglund:

   We've suffered significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal doing a senseless crime.