1 : done or happening for no reason
▪ a senseless crime/tragedy ▪ senseless deaths ▪ senseless acts of violence 2 — used after beat, knock, etc., to say that someone is hurt badly and becomes unconscious ▪ I was knocked senseless by the fall. [=I fell and hit my head and lost consciousness] ▪ They beat him senseless. = He was beaten senseless. [=he was beaten until he was unconscious] 3 : stupid or foolish
▪ a senseless practical joke ▪ Don't be such a senseless idiot!
▪ a senseless crime/tragedy ▪ senseless deaths ▪ senseless acts of violence
▪ a senseless practical joke ▪ Don't be such a senseless idiot!
— sense·less·ly adverb
— sense·less·ness noun [noncount]







