SENSELESSNESS Synonyms: 177 Similar and Opposite Words

senselessness

noun

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment who had the senselessness to mix these dangerous chemicals together?

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as in stupidity

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense babbled some senselessness about being eaten by horses

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as in stupidness

the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind the senselessness of his decision to drive after drinking so much

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Recent Examples of senselessness There is, of course, a strong current of senselessness running through the film. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025 In 2018, Brennan’s sister spoke to WMUR about the senselessness of the murder. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025 This just illistrates a complete senselessness. — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Claiming that white skin color is why Bueckers and other white women have had success/opportunities, is insanity.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
And that was like Vitalogy, probably the peak of the insanity.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of insanity

Noun

Learning that countless more people will lose their lives on account of his neglect, greed, and stupidity, he is pressed, reluctantly, into a most self-serving mode of damage control.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Nerdiest song for drummers This will probably come down to stupidity.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of stupidity

Noun

In the eyes of the conferences, and CFP committee, the allure of a postseason bid is the carrot that would dangle in front of them so that fans would look the other way at the nonsense this creates for the football played in September or October.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
My fellow relishers of Trowbridge nonsense, today is our day of jubilee.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of nonsense

Noun

Rocket Lab also deleted joints in the first stage tank structure and increased the thickness of some sections of the carbon composite.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
There are more than 650 regulatory elements associated with beak size and nearly 1,700 with beak thickness and breadth.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

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