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senselessness

  • a word derived from senseless.
    senseless
    adjective
    destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.

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Maybe if French philosopher Albert Camus had a TikTok, he could explain it, given how well he understood repetitive cycles of senselessness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

Four Black men find themselves in a waiting room in the afterlife, struggling to make sense of the senselessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

Most people, however, will find the video to be comical, not to mention the product of pure irrationality or senselessness.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024

Yet for the reader, the book is clearly a cautionary tale about the cost of self-deception and the senselessness of shrinking from love.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

She was too tired to make sense of this senselessness.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu