Causeless (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old man's sudden recovery from illness was considered a causeless miracle by the villagers.
- She believed in causeless wealth, thinking that prosperity would somehow magically find her.
- Their love story was one of causeless meetings and chance encounters, but it ended in heartbreak nonetheless.
- In his view, life is a series of causeless events that ultimately give rise to individual perception.
- Scientists attributed the strange phenomenon to a freak accident with no discernible causeless connection to anything that preceded it.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Having no justifying cause or reason; "a senseless, causeless murder"; "a causeless war that never had an aim"; "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The police were baffled by the causeless attack on the innocent bystander.
- The causeless killing of endangered species by poachers is a major concern.
- The company's causeless decision to downsize resulted in the loss of many jobs.
- The random act of violence was considered a causeless crime by the investigators.
- Historians have debated the causeless invasion of the country by the neighboring nation.