as in pointless
having no meaning
this argument over seating arrangements is an utterly meaningless bit of nonsense
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Recent Examples of meaningless
But that doesn't mean the data is unimportant or meaningless, especially when HRV is considered alongside other health information such as sleep quality, resting heart rate, activity levels, recovery patterns or stress metrics.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Oh and in the first couple of episodes, there are deaths, big deaths, big meaningless deaths.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
Only a meaningless late goal by Mohammed Muntari in a 3-1 loss to Senegal prevented the hosts from going scoreless.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
This isn't a meaningless regular season game, this is the NBA Finals.
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David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for meaningless
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Oh and in the first couple of episodes, there are deaths, big deaths, big meaningless deaths.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
Only a meaningless late goal by Mohammed Muntari in a 3-1 loss to Senegal prevented the hosts from going scoreless.
—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
This isn't a meaningless regular season game, this is the NBA Finals.
—
David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for meaningless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
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Less friction for good actors, less room for bad actors, and less pointless duplication for everyone else, all the while protecting platforms from data breaches and litigation.
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Fresh walls and old trims can be a pointless exercise, as shabby trims will attract attention for all the wrong reasons.
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Swipe fees and minimums make a tenth-of-a-cent charge absurd.
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Yes, Scheffler enters this week as the betting favorite, but by his absurd standards, his probability has actually dipped.
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But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly.
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White can believe Hokit said something stupid and still believe fighters should be allowed to speak for themselves.
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Our former swing state now has become a red state through and through thanks largely to the new congressional districts which are stretched to inane proportions.
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Still, even as the memes become borderline unintelligible, Kirkslop contains an air of transgression that imbues the otherwise inane edits and images with perverse political undercurrents.
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When it’s done well, the audience doesn’t realize that’s what’s happening; this story is super-silly and the characters actually just got a little bit closer.
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The whole thing was undeniably silly.
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Economist Hyman Minsky spent his career explaining how irrational behavior produces fragility and instability in capitalist systems.
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McClanahan has been close enough to his usual production, but without an irrational need for perfection.
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Vines have grown through the fence and barbed wire surrounding a tall art deco building in this city’s downtown, and cigarette holders and empty food tins litter the tall weeds.
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Inside, there’s an empty dining room.
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It’s presented without winks or nudges, neither as a joke nor necessarily foolish.
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If the target was foolish enough to reuse passwords, credential thefts like these could enable the compromise of more important accounts.
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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