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Senseless vs Doltish - What's the difference?

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Senseless is a related term of doltish.


As adjectives the difference between senseless and doltish

is that senseless is bereft of feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation; unconscious; insensible while doltish is like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.

senseless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bereft of feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation; unconscious; insensible.
  • The blow to his head rendered him senseless , he didn't awaken until he was in the ambulance.
  • Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense; pointless; meaningless.
  • What a senseless waste of money.
  • Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement; unreasonable; unwise; stupid.
  • He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in.

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    doltish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
  • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

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    Derived terms

    * doltishness