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a) Lacking meaning
The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
b) insignificant.All our efforts were ultimately meaningless.
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meaningless — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meaningless — 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… … Wikipedia
meaningless — index collateral (immaterial), frivolous, immaterial, incomprehensible, inexpressive, minor, nominal, n … Law dictionary
meaningless — 1730, from MEANING (Cf. meaning) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Meaninglessly; meaninglessness … Etymology dictionary
meaningless — [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 … New thesaurus
meaningless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having no meaning or significance. DERIVATIVES meaninglessly adverb meaninglessness noun … English terms dictionary
meaningless — [mēn′iŋlis] adj. having no meaning; without significance or purpose; senseless meaninglessly adv. meaninglessness n … English World dictionary
meaningless — [[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 … English dictionary
meaningless — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
meaningless — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ render sth ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite, totally … Collocations dictionary
meaningless — adjective 1 something that is meaningless has no purpose or importance and does not seem worth doing or having; futile: a meaningless existence 2 not having a meaning that you can understand or explain: To me the marks on the page were just… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
