senseless
adjective/ˈsensləs/
/ˈsensləs/
- (disapproving) having no meaning or purpose synonym pointless
- senseless violence
- His death was a senseless waste of life.
- It's senseless to continue any further.
- It was a completely senseless act of violence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- seemingly
- absolutely
- completely
- …
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- [not before noun] unconscious
- He was beaten senseless.
- She drank herself senseless.
- The branch of a tree knocked one of the riders senseless.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- beat somebody
- knock somebody
- not using good judgement
- The police blamed senseless drivers who went too fast.
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