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as in unconscious
having lost consciousness
she collapsed, senseless, after hitting her head
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as in meaningless
having no meaning
a pretty but senseless phrase
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
he may be a little absentminded, but he's really not as senseless as he seems
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a senseless decision to risk his life on a practical joke
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as in inanimate
lacking animate awareness or sensation
even the senseless sea seemed determined to swamp the storm-tossed ship
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Recent Examples of senseless
That’s partly because its senseless violence, inspired by the Manson murders among other grisly homicides, feels all too plausible.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
Every dollar wasted on a senseless program or stolen by a fraudster is one that can’t go to a worthy cause (or back to taxpayers).
—Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Sony Pictures Watching the Jimmies' penchant for senseless violence and prolonged cruelty play out on screen is brutal enough as is.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
The recent senseless death of an innocent woman by ICE goons could be the last straw.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
Every dollar wasted on a senseless program or stolen by a fraudster is one that can’t go to a worthy cause (or back to taxpayers).
—Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Sony Pictures Watching the Jimmies' penchant for senseless violence and prolonged cruelty play out on screen is brutal enough as is.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
The recent senseless death of an innocent woman by ICE goons could be the last straw.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senseless
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Firefighters pulled the unconscious victim from his apartment and medics rushed him to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens but he could not be saved, police said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Destiny and Shawn Jackson said the gas left their baby unconscious and foaming at the mouth, and that strangers and local law enforcement helped them while the feds stood in the way.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The stakes are not equal; her dream of a future could be a meaningless flirtation to him.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2026
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Laws protecting election integrity are meaningless if they are not enforced.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These apps often default to a faster, dumber model.—
Matt Shumer,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Who, other than dumb people like me, are gonna recruit high school kids?—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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When federal policy creates an opportunity to bring additional resources into a state’s education ecosystem, leaders would be foolish to ignore it.—
Susana A. Mendoza,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The fear of looking foolish lasts a moment.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The fabric maven muses about how inanimate things receive memories.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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Even Lander Lil, an inanimate bronze statue of a prairie dog located in Wyoming tasked by locals with a similar weather-prediction role, has a higher prediction rate than Phil, with 75% accuracy.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
2 Feb. 2026
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But maybe Johnson isn’t stupid.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Even in contemporary political and intellectual discourse, there remains an attachment to a particular stupid southern conservatism, the ideocratic confederacy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Maybe the Pac-12 and Mountain West will look silly for not buying in, then watch as the NFC West bids against the Premier League and Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Hornets.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Since then, the fizzy dance challenge has exploded on TikTok, with tons of fans re-creating the clip’s silly dance moves in their kitchens, parking garages, living rooms, Times Square and hospital corridors.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2026
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The brain, like other internal organs, is insensate, its lack of sensory receptors attested by videos of virtuoso violinists who play on unfazed as neurosurgeons go to work inside their skulls.—
Matthew Ponsford,
WIRED,
19 Sep. 2024
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But states have used midazolam alone — and at much higher doses — in executions since 2013, claiming the drug will render people insensate to pain before the administration of other lethal injection drugs.—
Lauren Gill,
ProPublica,
29 Apr. 2023
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“Senseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senseless. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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