senselessly

adverb

as in pointlessly

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Recent Examples of senselessly All the bad and all the good are gone, senselessly ripped away from them. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 The Army has been senselessly thrown into chaos. — Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 He was given a helping hand by Cody Gakpo senselessly turning his back. — James Pearce, New York Times, 16 May 2026 Amid this slew of senselessly avoidant, irrational behavior, Duchovny’s performance emerges as the most credible. — Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026 This law, one of hundreds of pieces of anti-trans legislation across the country senselessly targets the small minority of people who happen to be trans. — Darren Rosenblum, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 In 2025, funding for both domestic and global HIV care and research was suddenly and senselessly slashed. — Michael Rose, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026 Advertisement Rabbi Eli Schlanger was only 41-years-old when he was gunned down mercilessly, senselessly by terrorists. — Nikki Goldstein, Time, 20 May 2026 Fifteen innocent souls – including a Holocaust survivor, a rabbi and a child – were senselessly murdered while celebrating the first night of Chanukah, the Festival of Light. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senselessly
  1. pointlessly
  2. imperfectly
  3. inadequately
Adverb
  • Don’t be pointlessly inscrutable.
    — Kim Scott, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of pointlessly
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  • It’s been about holding them in tension, sometimes brilliantly, often painfully, and always imperfectly.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Let a few tendrils fall to frame your face for an imperfectly perfect look like Salma Hayek's style.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 June 2026
Definition of imperfectly
Adverb
  • Undermanned in the middle and inadequately equipped on the back end, Holland, a septuagenarian with four Stanley Cup rings, will have to earn every word of his reputation this summer.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • As medetomidine spreads across the country, jails that are still inadequately prepared to treat opioid withdrawal alone could face an onslaught of severe cases.
    — Hannah Harris Green, STAT, 26 June 2026
Definition of inadequately

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