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UK
/sˈɛnsləsli/
]
ADVERB
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in an unreasonably senseless manner
these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards -
in a meaningless and purposeless manner
these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed
How To Use senselessly In A Sentence
- It is repulsive. In every war, soldiers commit atrocities and die senselessly, often because of the mistakes of their superior officers.
- At that moment Mr Hill's active and fulfilling life as a headmaster of a leading secondary school senselessly ended.
- Not only is it grossly stupid, it is senselessly violent.
- And by not taking this lesson to heart, it becomes appallingly easy for the world to stand by and watch as human lives are senselessly wasted time and again.
- At ground level, a bistro and book shop have been elbowed aside to create a senselessly spacious foyer, floored in black basalt.
- these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed
- WaIt'senselessly staring at your picture about you day to collect your information.
- After rambling ineptly and senselessly for a while, he burbles ‘I just called to say I… like you.'
- At ground level, a bistro and book shop have been elbowed aside to create a senselessly spacious foyer, floored in black basalt.
- The tragedy surely is that a young person has been senselessly slaughtered, not that they might possibly have one day become something as spiritually unrewarding as a movie star.
