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Meanings of causeless in English

Having no cause or apparent cause.

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Having no justifying cause or reason.

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Examples for "reasonless"
Examples for "reasonless"
1
My dreams, if dreams they may be called, were rhymeless and reasonless.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
2
It was such a dirty trick he did me and so reasonless!
Flowing Gold
3
It must be a dream; it was so inconsecutive, so reasonless.
The sleeper awakes
4
Of all unbeautiful and inappropriate conceptions this is the most reasonless and offensive.
The Devil's Dictionary
5
The murder would now be as wanton and reasonless as I could wish.
The Parenticide Club
Usage of causeless in English
1
It was that which puzzled her-theapparently causeless change in his attitude.
The Vision of Desire
2
She is the cause of it, yet she would believe it causeless.
Hints for Lovers
3
To-day the very sight of her filled him with seemingly causeless anger.
The Second Generation
4
She upbraided herself to have sustained so sudden and causeless a fright.
The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
5
And, husband dear, you have once again struck me a causeless blow.
Welsh Fairy Tales
6
Yes, jealousy, causeless jealousy, is the condition of our debauched conjugal life.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
7
They were beyond her, rapt away in the ecstasy of causeless laughter.
Eyeless in Gaza
8
It is no retreat, it is a rout-a disgraceful, abominable, causeless rout.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
9
He was ill, too, with a secret, causeless malady that baffled him.
The Dark House
10
His horrid causeless mirth was more terrible even than his fury.
The Doings of Raffles Haw
11
You might have been saved a great deal of suffering and causeless worry.
Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves
12
Yet many failures are caused by ill-advised changes and causeless vacillation of purpose.
Pushing to the Front
13
It was an humble and peaceable religion, flying from causeless oppression.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
14
An attack, so causeless and extraordinary, naturally threw the natives into great confusion.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
15
These causeless whims and fancies are very much to be deprecated, Mr. Montgomery.
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
16
He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
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