senseless

About 1.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.

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

2. adjective Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.

   What a senseless waste of money.

3. adjective Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.

   The school shooting was a senseless act of violence.

4. adjective Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement

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

Similar words

mindless unconscious meaningless insensible witless pointless reasonless unreasonable purposeless stupid

Often followed by

and to on as in violence for with by

Word family

senselessly senselessness senselessnesses