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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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The kitchen is also pointlessly complicated.—
Jason Fried,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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Trump should ask himself whether stirring a hornet’s nest serves any purpose other than pointlessly alienating a benevolent neighbor that is beginning to pad its insurance policy by reaching out to non-hemispheric powers.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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
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While Julia-Roberts-as-Liz-Gilbert’s story ended, Liz-Gilbert-as-Liz-Gilbert is still moving ahead, honestly and imperfectly.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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
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Scally had already struggled after dealing inadequately with a cross, which let the high-flying visitors score their first.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Senselessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senselessly. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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