The meaning of Senseless

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

Usage examples:

The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Without purpose or direction.

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An aimless existence

adjective

Without having any clear purpose or specific reason

Usage examples:

Aimless violence

adjective

Of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.

Usage examples:

A freezing cold day

noun

A low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment.

Usage examples:

My teeth chattered with the cold

adverb

Completely; entirely.

Usage examples:

We stopped cold behind a turn in the staircase

adjective

Relating to or in a state of coma.

Usage examples:

She had been comatose for seven months

adjective

(of a person) unconscious and not able to wake up, usually because of illness or injury

Usage examples:

The traffic accident left him comatose with massive brain damage.

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Failing to achieve the desired results; unproductive or useless.

Usage examples:

His fruitless attempts to publish poetry

adjective

Unsuccessful or not productive

Usage examples:

After months of fruitless negotiations with team owners, the city withdrew its offer to build a new…

adjective

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

Usage examples:

A futile attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage

adjective

Achieving no result; not effective or successful

Usage examples:

The plane detoured north in a futile attempt to avoid the bad weather., a sense of futility and pow…

adjective

Feeling or causing despair.

Usage examples:

Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal

adjective

Without hope

Usage examples:

We tried to save the building, but it was a hopeless task (= it could not succeed).

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

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Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

Usage examples:

Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

Usage examples:

Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

adjective

Lacking physical sensation.

Usage examples:

A patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate

adjective

Not aware of what you are doing or what is happening around you

Usage examples:

He was virtually insensate after drinking half a bottle of whisky., insensate cruelty/brutality, in…

adjective

Without one's mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious.

Usage examples:

They knocked each other insensible with their fists

verb

Knock (someone) out.

Usage examples:

He was kayoed by patterson in the sixth round

noun

A knockout.

Usage examples:

A sixth-round kayo

adjective

Having no meaning or significance.

Usage examples:

The paragraph was a jumble of meaningless words

adjective

Without representing or expressing anything; without referring to someone or something

Usage examples:

The leaflet was full of meaningless information., a meaningless gesture

adjective

(of something undesirable) not necessary because avoidable.

Usage examples:

I deplore needless waste

adjective

Completely unnecessary

Usage examples:

A needless waste of time, you’re worrying needlessly – they’ll be fine.

adjective

(of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.

Usage examples:

My feet were numb with cold

verb

Deprive of feeling or responsiveness.

Usage examples:

The cold had numbed her senses

verb

Deprive of feeling or responsiveness.

Usage examples:

The cold had numbed her senses

adjective

(of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.

Usage examples:

My feet were numb with cold

verb

Past simple and past participle of numb

Usage examples:

The extreme cold numbed her face and hands., the children are still numbed by their father's death.

adverb

Moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden.

Usage examples:

He walked out into the street

preposition

Non-standard contraction of out of.

Usage examples:

He ran out the door

adjective

Not at home or at one's place of work.

Usage examples:

If he called, she'd pretend to be out

adjective

Having little or no sense, use, or purpose.

Usage examples:

Speculating like this is a pointless exercise

adjective

Having no useful purpose

Usage examples:

A pointless argument, the trip seemed pointless.

adjective

Done or made with no discernible point or purpose.

Usage examples:

Purposeless vandalism

adjective

(of an illness) characterized by abnormally deep sleep.

adjective

So shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished.

Usage examples:

A silent, stunned crowd

verb

Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

Usage examples:

The man was stunned by a blow to the head

adjective

Achieving little or nothing; ineffective.

Usage examples:

Their efforts were unavailing

adjective

When an attempt to do something is unavailing, it is unsuccessful or has no positive effect

Usage examples:

Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.

adjective

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment.

Usage examples:

The boy was beaten unconscious

noun

The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions.

Usage examples:

Horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious

Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception

adjective

Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.

Usage examples:

Unproductive land must be reforested

adjective

Not useful, or not creating anything

Usage examples:

We wasted three days in unproductive discussions.

adjective

Not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount

Usage examples:

Unproductive investments/jobs/projects, grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a u…

adjective

(of a business or activity) not yielding profit or financial gain.

Usage examples:

The mines became increasingly unprofitable

adjective

Not resulting in profit

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Unprofitable investments/businesses

adjective

Not making a profit

Usage examples:

An unprofitable business/company/store when the asian financial crisis hit, it shut 32 unprofitable…

adjective

Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.

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A piece of useless knowledge

adjective

Of no value; worthless

Usage examples:

With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.

adjective

Having no value; worthless.

Usage examples:

Cherished but valueless heirlooms

adjective

Not worth any money

Usage examples:

We thought the chair was an antique worth a lot of money, but it turned out to be a valueless repli…

adjective

Used or expended carelessly or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

Wasted fuel

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not used effectively because it does not produce the result you wanted

Usage examples:

He wasn't in when i got there, so it was a completely wasted journey., underneath the hospital blan…

adjective

Having no real value or use.

Usage examples:

That promise is worthless

adjective

Having no value in money

Usage examples:

Now that the company has gone bankrupt, your contract is worthless., examples of this artist’s earl…

adjective

Having no value

Usage examples:

The stock is virtually worthless, trading at less than 6 cents a share., the security system he bou…