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Recent Examples of senselessly
Amid this slew of senselessly avoidant, irrational behavior, Duchovny’s performance emerges as the most credible.
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Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Fifteen innocent souls – including a Holocaust survivor, a rabbi and a child – were senselessly murdered while celebrating the first night of Chanukah, the Festival of Light.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
And now, my younger brother who was senselessly murdered 2 days ago.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Someone tried to senselessly end her life, yet now thousands of people are cheering for her and celebrating every milestone.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Benjamin Voisin, who previously worked with Ozon on Summer of 85, stars as protagonist Meursault, the novella’s French expat protagonist who senselessly kills a local man on a beach.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Even New Yorkers who don’t like the NYPD or who senselessly want to defund the police department would draw the line at a federal government takeover.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Fifteen innocent souls – including a Holocaust survivor, a rabbi and a child – were senselessly murdered while celebrating the first night of Chanukah, the Festival of Light.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
And now, my younger brother who was senselessly murdered 2 days ago.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Someone tried to senselessly end her life, yet now thousands of people are cheering for her and celebrating every milestone.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Benjamin Voisin, who previously worked with Ozon on Summer of 85, stars as protagonist Meursault, the novella’s French expat protagonist who senselessly kills a local man on a beach.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Even New Yorkers who don’t like the NYPD or who senselessly want to defund the police department would draw the line at a federal government takeover.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senselessly
Adverb
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Matvei Michkov, rather than sensing the developing danger, pointlessly floated around at the top of the Flyers’ defensive zone.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The kitchen is also pointlessly complicated.—
Jason Fried,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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They can be done imperfectly without being done disastrously.—
Leslie John,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Yet, like Bessette’s relationship with the Kennedy family scion, her eternity band is shrouded in mystery—imperfectly recorded through rumors, second-hand accounts, and myths invented by the press and populace.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2026
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Issues such as menopause and perimenopause, endometriosis and Alzheimer’s disease — conditions that exclusively or disproportionately affect women — remain inadequately studied.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Senselessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senselessly. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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