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Narrator: Today's word is "Senseless" — adjective, pronounced /ˈsensləs/, with the stress on "sense".
Narrator: Senseless means having no purpose or meaning, or unconscious.
Narrator: In plain English, it means pointless, or knocked out.
Narrator: It joins sense with -less, without.
Narrator: A common collocation is "senseless violence", which describes violence with no reason.
Narrator: It differs from "stupid", because senseless stresses lack of reason or purpose.
Narrator: In a second sense, "knocked senseless" means knocked unconscious.
Narrator: Journalism, law, medicine and ethics all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: senseless means without sense.
Speaker A: Why is everyone so upset about the vandalism?
Speaker B: It was SENSELESS! Sense plus -less.
Speaker A: No reason at all?
Speaker B: None whatsoever.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A senseless act of cruelty", news. "It's senseless to argue now", advice. "He was knocked senseless", an accident.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Double the "s" before "-less", "senseless".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Pointless is its cousin, meaningless its twin, and futile an alternative — yet senseless keeps its sorrowful weight!
Speaker B: Let's use "senseless" in AI prompts — useful for news writing and process reviews.
Speaker A: How for news?
Speaker B: Sensitive tone.
Prompt: Write a respectful community statement condemning a senseless attack.
Speaker A: And processes?
Speaker B: Remove waste.
Prompt: Identify senseless steps in this approval process that could be removed.
Speaker A: Could it help debates?
Speaker B: Yes, for arguments.
Prompt: Explain why endless meetings can feel senseless and suggest alternatives.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: First aid.
Prompt: Explain what to do if someone is knocked senseless during a match.
Senseless — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary