senseless

«senseless» in Mova's school dictionary: without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (senseless)

meaning for a pupil

1) Senseless means without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless. tree →

2) Senseless means unconscious, not able to feel or know what is happening. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and stories: senseless violence, a senseless waste. «Knocked senseless» = knocked unconscious. Phrases: «senseless violence», «a senseless waste», «knocked senseless».

examples

• Throwing away good food is a senseless waste. tree →
• The vandals caused senseless damage to the park. tree →
• He was knocked senseless by the falling branch. tree →
• It's senseless to argue about a game. tree →
• The newspaper called the attack senseless. tree →
• A hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur. tree →

note

sense + -less (without). Opposite: sensible (having good sense).

In the corpora

• "Lost the plot" means gone mad or started behaving in a wild, senseless way; it is British slang.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «senseless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.