senseless

English

Etymology

From sense +‎ -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).

Adjective

senseless (comparative more senseless, superlative most senseless)

1. Without feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation

   The blow to his head rendered him senseless, he didn't awaken until he was in the ambulance.

   Synonyms: unconscious, insensible

2. Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense

   What a senseless waste of money.

   Synonyms: pointless, meaningless

3. Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement

   He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.

   Synonyms: unreasonable, unwise, stupid

Related terms

• sense
• senseful
• senselessly
• senselessness

Translations

bereft of feeling

• Danish: følelsesløs
• Finnish: tunnoton (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: insensível (pt)
• Russian: бесчу́вственный (ru) (besčúvstvennyj)

bereft of consciousness

• Danish: bevidstløs
• Finnish: tajuton (fi)
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• Portuguese: inconsciente (pt)
• Russian: без созна́ния (ru) (bez soznánija), бесчу́вственный (ru) (besčúvstvennyj)

lacking meaning or purpose

• Danish: sanseløs
• Esperanto: sensenca
• Finnish: järjetön (fi), mieletön (fi), älytön (fi), älyvapaa (fi)
• German: sinnlos (de)
• Irish: gan chiall
• Italian: senza capo nè coda
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: bezjēdzīgs
• Maori: koretake
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meningsløs, meiningslaus

  Nynorsk: meiningslaus

• Portuguese: absurdo (pt)
• Russian: бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj)

without consideration

• Finnish: järjetön (fi), mieletön (fi), älytön (fi), älyvapaa (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφρων (áphrōn)

• Irish: díchéillí
• Latin: excors
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• Manx: meecheeallagh
• Maori: pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha
• Portuguese: insensível (pt)
• Russian: бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj), необду́манный (ru) (neobdúmannyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} sensenca
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• (deprived of sensation): ageusia, analgesia, anosmia, blind, deaf, hypoesthesia, numbness, paralysis

References

• “senseless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “senseless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.