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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Last season, Mahomes and crew won six straight games in late November and December before losing a meaningless game in Week 18 to the Denver Broncos in which many of their regulars didn't play.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Trivial, meaningless or low-quality media that have perceived negative effects.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Trivial, meaningless or low-quality media that have perceived negative effects.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meaningless. Accessed 24 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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