how to pronounce senseless

/ˈsɛnsləs/

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senseless is pronounced in two syllables

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sɛnsləs

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An example use of senseless in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… than the victims of this senseless and …”

meanings of senseless

adjective:

  1. Without feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation.
  2. Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
  3. Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
  4. Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement.

senseless frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word senseless occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics senseless can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that senseless can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words that rhyme with senseless

defenseless

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