meaningless
adjective
mean·ing·less
ˈmē-niŋ-ləs 
1
: having no meaning
especially
: lacking any significance
2
: having no assigned function in a language system
meaninglessly
adverb
meaninglessness
noun
Examples of meaningless in a Sentence
He felt that his work was meaningless.
The movie was filled with meaningless violence.
Recent Examples on the Web
Without one, life can feel chaotic and meaningless, as opposed to structured and meaningless.
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Graeme Carey, The New Yorker, 10 July 2024
Tanner Rainey allowed a two-out grand slam to Higashioka in the eighth, a blast that seemed meaningless at the time but ultimately proved decisive after the visitors’ ninth-inning rally.
—Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Pretending this all didn’t happen and having some training on freedom association is meaningless.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 21 June 2024
But for a family in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn that did not get an offer — a neighborhood where 3-K demand far outstrips supply — the surplus 3-K capacity on the Lower East Side is meaningless.
—Julie Samuels, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
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Graeme Carey, The New Yorker, 10 July 2024
Tanner Rainey allowed a two-out grand slam to Higashioka in the eighth, a blast that seemed meaningless at the time but ultimately proved decisive after the visitors’ ninth-inning rally.
—Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Pretending this all didn’t happen and having some training on freedom association is meaningless.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 21 June 2024
But for a family in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn that did not get an offer — a neighborhood where 3-K demand far outstrips supply — the surplus 3-K capacity on the Lower East Side is meaningless.
—Julie Samuels, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meaningless. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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meaningless
adjective
mean·ing·less
ˈmē-niŋ-ləs
1
: having no meaning or significance
meaningless chatter
2
: lacking motive
a meaningless murder
meaninglessly
adverb
meaninglessness
noun
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