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Antonyms for senselessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sens-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛns lɪs



Definition 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

Synonyms for senselessness

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