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# senselessly

«senselessly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that has no meaning, good reason or purpose** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (senselessly)

### meaning for a pupil

Senselessly means in a way that has no meaning, good reason or purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senselessly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news and stories: «senselessly destroyed», «senselessly killed». Phrases: «senselessly wasted».

### examples

- The trees were senselessly cut down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senselessly/#x1)
- Food was senselessly thrown away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senselessly/#x2)
- The boys senselessly smashed the windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senselessly/#x3)
- Water was senselessly wasted when the tap was left on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senselessly/#x4)

### note

Adverb of «senseless». Written style.

### Trees and pragmatics

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