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Word entry · 9 letters

senseless

Best crossword clue

"lacking good reason"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛnsləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeelnssssStarts with SEnds with S2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2E3N4S5E6L7E8S9S

Definitions

  1. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.
  • That hoary man had spent his livelong age / In converse with the dead, who leave the stamp / Of ever-burning thoughts on many a page, / When they are gone into the senseless damp / Of graves; […]
  • What a senseless waste of money.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01lacking good reason9 letters
02Without meaning9 letters

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