Synonyms for senselessness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sens-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛns lɪs

Top 10 synonyms for senselessness

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Définition of senselessness

Origin : 1550s, "without sensation," from sense (n.) + -less. Of actions, etc., "devoid of purpose, proceeding from lack of intelligence," it is attested from 1570s. Related: Senselessly; senselessness.

noun foolishness

Example sentences :

Tell them of the foulness, of the cruelty, of the senselessness of it all.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

That you may not suffer for your own senselessness, and may not harm others by your folly.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

It was this senselessness of feeling that first brought the jarring of the truth to him.
Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various

To say nothing of the inhumanity, the senselessness of duelling revolts me.
Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith

For it does not admit of sobriety, nor does it induce the senselessness of pure wine.
Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch

It strikes me as ludicrous—even pathetic in its senselessness.
Extract from : « The Laughing Cavalier » by Baroness Orczy

The senselessness of it was growing on him with his increased confidence.
Extract from : « The Triumph of John Kars » by Ridgwell Cullum

But if reason sets him revolting against this senselessness?
Extract from : « Dream Tales and Prose Poems » by Ivan Turgenev

Simply because the shame and senselessness of it reached the pitch of genius!
Extract from : « The Possessed » by Fyodor Dostoevsky

But in spite of this, governments in their efforts to maintain their independence rush to the greatest extremes of senselessness.
Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You » by Count Leo Tolstoy

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