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meaningless

[ mee-ning-lis ]

adjective

  1. without meaning, mean, meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant:

    a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.



meaningless

/ ˈːɪŋɪ /

adjective

  1. futile or empty of meaning
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹲ԾԲԱ, noun
  • ˈ𲹲ԾԲ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • 𲹲iԲ·· adverb
  • 𲹲iԲ··Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meaningless1

First recorded in 1790–1800; meaning + -less
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But when Snead later traded to the Atlanta Falcons what for the Rams was a fairly meaningless No. 26 pick, the Rams stunningly received in return a No. 1 pick in 2026.

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Our vows that we wrote and rewrote obsessively were meaningless.

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And analysts have said that these mutual tariff increases by the two superpowers are now becoming almost meaningless, as they've already passed the point of cutting out much of the trade between them.

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The Lexington Stakes race was deemed meaningless when the draw had only horses with six points or less, so the 20 extra points would not be enough to qualify.

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Carter, who has been overseeing a case involving homelessness services, responded by calling those promises “meaningless.”

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meaningful relationshipmean length of utterance