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# senseless

«senseless» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (senseless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Senseless means without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#m1)

2) Senseless means unconscious, not able to feel or know what is happening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Foolish and without good judgment. Isaiah calls Pharaoh's wise advisers senseless. Interpretation: Isaiah's mockery is read as showing that Egypt's famed wisdom cannot save it from God's plan. In the primary lessons: In news and stories: senseless violence, a senseless waste. «Knocked senseless» = knocked unconscious. Phrases: «senseless violence», «a senseless waste», «knocked senseless».

### examples

- The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh are a senseless counsel; how can ye say unto Pharaoh: 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings'? (Prophets ISA.19.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x1)
- Throwing away good food is a senseless waste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x2)
- The vandals caused senseless damage to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x3)
- He was knocked senseless by the falling branch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x4)
- It's senseless to argue about a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x5)
- The newspaper called the attack senseless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x6)
- A hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/#x7)

### note

sense + -less (without). Opposite: sensible (having good sense).

### In the corpora

- ["Lost the plot" means gone mad or started behaving in a wild, senseless way; it is British slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «senseless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/senseless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.