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REASONLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reasonless mean?
• REASONLESS (adjective)
The adjective REASONLESS has 3 senses:
1. not marked by the use of reason
2. not endowed with the capacity to reason
3. having no justifying cause or reason
Familiarity information: REASONLESS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not marked by the use of reason
Synonyms:
mindless; reasonless; senseless
Context example:
a senseless act
Similar:
unreasonable (not reasonable; not showing good judgment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not endowed with the capacity to reason
Context example:
a reasonless brute
Similar:
irrational (not consistent with or using reason)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having no justifying cause or reason
Synonyms:
causeless; reasonless
Context example:
an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
Similar:
unmotivated (without motivation)
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