CAUSELESS

causeless, fortuitous, uncaused

(adjective) 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”

causeless, reasonless

(adjective) having no justifying cause or reason; “a senseless, causeless murder”; “a causeless war that never had an aim”; “an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

causeless (comparative more causeless, superlative most causeless)

Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable

groundless or unreasonable

Synonyms

• (having no obvious cause): by accident, incidental, random; see also accidental

Anagrams

• sauceless

Source: Wiktionary


Cause"less, a.

Definition: 1. Self-originating; uncreated.

2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.

Cause"less, adv.

Definition: Without cause or reason.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DITHER

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