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Recent Examples of senselessly
And now, my younger brother who was senselessly murdered 2 days ago.
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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
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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My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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In productions large or small — or, here, imperfectly in-between, though still glorious — everything is the service of the show that creates with words, music and movement a grand American tapestry — tears and all.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Godwin is a prime representative of how, for many 2026 Stagecoach performers, success represents an imperfectly perfect full-circle moment.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
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Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed.—
Maria Shriver,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Senselessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senselessly. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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