causeless

/'kɔ:zlis/

Thân thiện

A causeless miracle is depicted in a stained glass window.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no apparent or identifiable cause; seemingly occurring without any reason or origin: Describes something that happens or exists without any discernible cause or explanation.
   • Without justification or reason; groundless: Describes an action, event, or feeling that lacks a valid or understandable reason.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The scientist was puzzled by the causeless fluctuation in the data.
  • Her causeless anxiety made the day very difficult.
  • They were victims of a causeless act of violence.

Advanced Usage

• "Causeless fear": Fear that arises without any specific, identifiable threat or reason.
  • He was troubled by a causeless fear that something terrible was about to happen.
• "Causeless joy": A feeling of happiness that emerges spontaneously, without a particular event triggering it.
  • A wave of causeless joy swept over her as she walked in the morning sun.

Variants and Related Words

• Causelessly (adverb): In a manner without cause or reason.
  • The machine stopped working causelessly.
• Causelessness (noun): The state or quality of having no cause.
  • The causelessness of the phenomenon challenged all existing theories.

Synonyms

• Uncaused: Not brought about by any cause; having no origin.
• Gratuitous: Done without good reason; uncalled for.
• Unprovoked: (Of an attack, action, or feeling) occurring without any cause or justification.
• Arbitrary: Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

Antonyms

• Caused: Brought about by a specific agent or event.
• Justified: Having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason.
• Reasoned: Based on logic or good sense.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Without rhyme or reason: Having no discernible logic or explanation. (This idiom is a close conceptual synonym for "causeless").
  • The old law seemed to exist without rhyme or reason.

Học thuật

Adjective

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
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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• fortuitous
• uncaused
• reasonless