Meaningless

  • 1meaningless — adj. having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of {meaningful}. [Narrower terms: {insignificant ; {mindless, unmeaning ; {nonsense(prenominal), nonsensical ; {pointless,… …

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  • 2Meaningless — may refer to: Meaningless (album), the debut solo album of singer and songwriter Jon Brion Meaningless, a song by The Magnetic Fields from their 1999 album 69 Love Songs This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If… …

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  • 3meaningless — index collateral (immaterial), frivolous, immaterial, incomprehensible, inexpressive, minor, nominal, n …

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  • 4meaningless — 1730, from MEANING (Cf. meaning) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Meaninglessly; meaninglessness …

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  • 5meaningless — [adj] without use, value, worth absurd, aimless, blank, doesn’t cut it*, doublespeak*, double talk*, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good for nothing, hollow, hot air*, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing …

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  • 6meaningless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having no meaning or significance. DERIVATIVES meaninglessly adverb meaninglessness noun …

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  • 7meaningless — [mēn′iŋlis] adj. having no meaning; without significance or purpose; senseless meaninglessly adv. meaninglessness n …

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  • 8meaningless — [[t]mi͟ːnɪŋləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If something that someone says or writes is meaningless, it has no meaning, or appears to have no meaning. The sentence kicked the ball the man is meaningless... She is fascinated by algebra while he considers it …

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  • 9meaningless — mean|ing|less [ˈmi:nıŋləs] adj 1.) having no purpose or importance and therefore not worth doing or having ▪ He said a few meaningless words to his hostess and looked around the room. ▪ a repetitive and meaningless task… …

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  • 10meaningless — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ render sth ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite, totally …

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