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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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Other Word Forms

  • meaninglessly adverb
  • meaninglessness noun
  • ˈ𲹲ԾԲԱ noun
  • ˈ𲹲ԾԲ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meaningless1

First recorded in 1790–1800; meaning + -less
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Example Sentences

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Liman further criticized the sprawl of the plaintiffs’ filings — including a 224-page complaint and a 168-page “timeline” exhibit — calling the latter improper and legally meaningless.

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This was, that meaningless bauble aside, a season of relative failure.

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In regards to a comment from comment that baseball standings from April to July are one of the most meaningless stats in sports, I disagree somewhat.

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Despite feeling like life-or-death in the moment, the message piped to him over the airwaves is ultimately meaningless bull.

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Aside from the first three quarters of an NBA game, the most meaningless stats in sports are baseball standings from April to July!

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meaningful relationshipmean length of utterance