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.
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The big numbers coming into the Giants’ otherwise meaningless season finale were 163, 217 and 30.
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Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
That opportunity could be there this weekend if the games are meaningless in terms of seeding.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Put the Guardians down, clinch the AL Central and make sure that last weekend in Boston is totally meaningless.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
That opportunity could be there this weekend if the games are meaningless in terms of seeding.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Put the Guardians down, clinch the AL Central and make sure that last weekend in Boston is totally meaningless.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meaningless. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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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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