Causeless

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having no cause or producing agent; self-originated; uncreated.
  • Without just ground, reason, or motive: as, causeless hatred; causeless fear.
  • Without cause.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. Without cause or reason.
  • adjective. 1. Self-originating; uncreated.
  • adjective. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable
  • adjective. groundless or unreasonable
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having no cause or apparent cause
  • adjective. having no justifying cause or reason
  • Word Usage
    "If any human acts may loosely be called causeless, they are the minor acts of a healthy man; whistling as he walks; slashing the grass with a stick; kicking his heels or rubbing his hands."
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