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/ˈkɔːzləs/
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ˈkɔːzləs
Adjective
Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable.
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Groundless or unreasonable.
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[H]e […] by his overcarefulneſſe and cauſeleſſe ſuſpicion, deprived himſelf of this benefit, and implunged himſelf in much juſt hatred for his unjuſt dealing and treachery.
Alas my fears are cauſless, and ungrounded, / Fantaſtick dreams, and melancholick fumes / Of crazy ſtomacks, and diſtempered brains: / Has this convinc'd you?
Adjective
having no justifying cause or reason
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a senseless, causeless murder
a causeless war that never had an aim
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an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
having no cause or apparent cause
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a causeless miracle
fortuitous encounters — strange accidents of fortune
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we cannot regard artistic invention as … uncaused and unrelated to the times