Slothful vs Senseless - What's the Difference?

Senseless

Slothful

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • unresponsive to stimulation
  • not marked by the use of reason
  • (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
  • serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Definition as Adjective
  • disinclined to work or exertion

Examples

  • "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
  • "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
  • "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
  • "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

Parts of Speech

Adjective
Adjective