senseless

sense·less /ˈsensləs/ adjectiveadj

1 POINTLESShappening or done for no good reason or with no purpose 无道理的，无目的的，无意义的

Her death seemed such a senseless waste of life.

她的死真是无谓地浪费生命。

a senseless crime

无目的的犯罪行为

2 MIunconscious 失去知觉的

He had been beaten senseless.

他被打得失去了知觉。

—senselessly adverbadv

—senselessness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

senseless• a senseless act of terror• The act was senseless and completely unnecessary.• It was a senseless and cruel murder.• They beat him senseless, and left him for dead.• That contrast of tender sensibility and senseless brutality was etched into my mind, exposing the utter meaninglessness of violence and war.• Motoring organisations slammed senseless drivers for travelling too fast.• Knock it senseless every hour when it raised its fanged head and decided to sharpen its nasty little claws.• Smashing up trains is such a senseless form of vandalism.• This, not the senseless murmurings of useless words, is what quiets her, tells her she is precious.• It was senseless to be despondent, anyway, even as Tom Ripley.• And for that reason it was senseless to be despondent.• It is only their courageous sacrifice and innate nobility that illuminates the bloody and senseless war they are involved in.• We don't want our men and women to die in a senseless war.• The suicide was described as a senseless waste of a young woman's life.

beaten senseless• During the fracas, a hand drier was pulled off the wall, and Mr Cunningham was beaten senseless with it.

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