"causeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːzləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-causeless.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more causeless [comparative], most causeless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English causelees, causeles; equivalent to cause + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|causelees}} Middle English causelees, {{m|enm|causeles}} causeles, {{suffix|en|cause|less}} cause + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} causeless (comparative more causeless, superlative most causeless)
  1. Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable. Synonyms: by accident, incidental, random, accidental Translations (having no obvious cause): безпричинен (bezpričinen) (Bulgarian), pakupaku (Maori), huhuakore (Maori), huakore (Maori), నిష్కారణము (niṣkāraṇamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-causeless-en-adj-Dxv~3z78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'having no obvious cause': 100 0
  2. Groundless or unreasonable. Translations (groundless): неоснователен (neosnovatelen) (Bulgarian), необоснован (neobosnovan) (Bulgarian), pakupaku (Maori), bezprzyczynowy (Polish), grundlös (Swedish), omotiverad (Swedish), నిష్కారణము (niṣkāraṇamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-causeless-en-adj-ExL7sBvx Disambiguation of 'groundless': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: causelessly

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      "sense": "groundless",
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