causeless
/ˈkɔːzləs/
causeless adjective: having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.
Adjective
causeless (comparative more causeless, superlative most causeless)
- Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.
- Synonyms:
- by accident, incidental, random, accidental, accidentary, adventitious, by the by, casual, chanceable, fortuitous
- Groundless or unreasonable.
- [H]e […] by his overcarefulneſſe and cauſeleſſe ſuſpicion, deprived himſelf of this benefit, and implunged himſelf in much juſt hatred for his unjuſt dealing and treachery.1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Pilgrimes Arrivall at Constantinople, Entertainment, and Departure”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to...
- Alas my fears are cauſless, and ungrounded, / Fantaſtick dreams, and melancholick fumes / Of crazy ſtomacks, and diſtempered brains: / Has this convinc'd you?1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act III, page 36
causeless meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit
causeless in Bengali
- causeless, unprovoked
- অকারণ okaron
causeless in Telugu
- having no obvious cause
- నిష్కారణము niṣkāraṇamu
- groundless
- నిష్కారణము niṣkāraṇamu
causeless in Kannada
- ಬುದ್ಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾದ, ನಿಷ್ಕಾರಣವಾದ, ಉದ್ದಿಶ್ಯಪೂರ್ವಕವಾದ, ಅಕಾರಣ
causeless in Sanskrit
- causeless
- अकारण akāraṇa
- causeless, unnecessary
- निष्कारण niṣkāraṇa
Synonyms of causeless
- by accident
- incidental
- random
- accidental
- adventitious
- by the by
- casual
- fortuitous
- lippening
- occasional
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Forms of causeless
| comparative | more causeless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most causeless |
Origin of causeless
From Middle English causelees, causeles; equivalent to cause + -less.
Words formed from causeless
Questions about causeless
- What does causeless mean?
- Causeless means having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.
- What is causeless in Bengali?
- Causeless in Bengali is অকারণ (okaron). See Causeless meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is causeless?
- Causeless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce causeless?
- Causeless is pronounced /ˈkɔːzləs/.
Words near causeless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: causeless (page history and authors); অকারণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); causeless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अकारण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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