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Synonyms for causeless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kawz
Phonetic Transcription : kɔz

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Définition of causeless

Origin :
  • late 14c., "produce an effect," also "impel, compel," from Old French causer "to cause" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin causare, from Latin causa "a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit," of unknown origin. Related: Caused; causing. Classical Latin causari meant "to plead, to debate a question."
  • As in needless : adj unnecessary, groundless
  • As in unnecessary : adj not required
  • As in inessential : adj unnecessary
  • As in unneeded : adj unnecessary
  • As in unrequired : adj unnecessary
  • As in gratuitous : adj not necessary
  • As in groundless : adj without reason, justification
Example sentences :
  • And, husband dear, you have once again struck me a causeless blow.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • After Chickamauga, there was very general—and seemingly not causeless—discontent.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • Sadly she reminded him that he had struck her the first of the causeless blows.
  • Extract from : « Legend Land, Vol. 1 » by Various
  • It was simply a causeless stampede and no one knew how it began.
  • Extract from : « Under the Stars and Bars » by Walter A. Clark
  • It is sudden, hot, and apparently as causeless as summer lightning.
  • Extract from : « Pictures of Southern Life » by William Howard Russell
  • God forbid it should affect his mind with causeless uneasiness!
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph » by Frances Sheridan
  • I was young, and my heart rose with the vague and causeless exhilaration of youth.
  • Extract from : « The Days of My Life » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • It did not much matter, after this, whether my suspicions were, or were not causeless.
  • Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
  • For this causeless misfortune, for this injury to the people, who then is to blame?
  • Extract from : « Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh » by Lin-Le
  • At first he sang wildly, with occasional outbursts of causeless laughter.
  • Extract from : « St. Ives » by Robert Louis Stevenson

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