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The state of being senseless; unsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
total lack of meaning or ideas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inanity, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meaninglessness
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English senseless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English senselessness From senseless + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
sensenceco
— being senseless
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Finnish:
mielettömyys
— being senseless
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Finnish:
järjettömyys
— being senseless
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French:
absurdité
— being senseless
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French:
imprudence
— being senseless
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German:
Sinnlosigkeit
— being senseless
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Hungarian:
értelmetlenség
— being senseless
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Latvian:
bezjēdzība
— being senseless
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Latvian:
bezjēdzīgums
— being senseless
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Manx:
meecheeall
— being senseless
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Manx:
meecheeallid
— being senseless
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Russian:
бессмы́сленность
(bessmýslennostʹ)
— being senseless
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Sanskrit:
अचित्ति
(acitti)
— being senseless
