senselessly

senselessly
    adv 1: in a meaningless and purposeless manner; "these innocent
           bystanders were senselessly killed"
    2: in an unreasonably senseless manner; "these temples were
       mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards" [syn: {mindlessly},
       {senselessly}]
    

Senseless \Sense"less\, a.
   Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without
   sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise;
   unreasonable.
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         You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless
         things.                                  --Shak.
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         The ears are senseless that should give us hearing.
                                                  --Shak.
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         The senseless grave feels not your pious sorrows.
                                                  --Rowe.
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         They were a senseless, stupid race.      --Swift.
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         They would repent this their senseless perverseness
         when it would be too late.               --Clarendon.
   [1913 Webster] -- {Sense"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sense"less*ness},
   n.
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