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meaningless

adjective

ˈmē-niŋ-ləs How to pronounce meaningless (audio)
Definition of meaninglessnext
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 Distillation proves the notebook is valuable The labs can’t dismiss reasoning tokens as meaningless computational exhaust. — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 For these patients, and their loves ones, the epidemiology is forever meaningless. — David N. Hackney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026 So, was that sudden rise a weird quirk of an otherwise meaningless season or a worthwhile sign of things to come? — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 So, no, the Chiefs don’t view it as meaningless so much as being subordinate to the real cause. — Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for meaningless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
  1. pointless
  2. absurd
  3. stupid
  4. inane
  5. silly
  6. irrational
  7. empty
  8. foolish
Adjective
  • Elevating this pointless statistic to the level of a national emergency never made any sense.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Their views ranged from seeing the gathering as pointless to potentially harmful for battleground candidates.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pointless
Adjective
  • Every once in a while, a professional athlete will do something so absurd on the field that people will question if the athlete is from this world.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Brizé weaves between these absurd moments and two slow-simmering crises that cause Carla to begin doubting her diehard commitment to work.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of absurd
Adjective
  • No one, in my opinion, comes close to this selfish, foul-mouthed and stupid showman.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Our business is stupid, but actors are the bomb / From Martindale to Milioti, my dad and my mom.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Interjecting the bidding with inane questions or other comments about other managers’ rosters or the errant wisdom of their previous bids is highly encouraged to distract other bidders or disrupt any manager counting down in their heads.
    — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The solutions being proposed and inane rhetoric from people such as Johnson are just massaging the symptoms rather than dealing with the real problems.
    — Ronald J. Allen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of inane
Adjective
  • That being said, the Ravens offense made the Colts look silly.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Barisone’s proposition was that everything that followed—months of living and working together, silly texts—was done in the shadow of that threat.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of silly
Adjective
  • Our simple equation, for example, has the solutions and , which are irrational; their digits begin and keep going forever without repeating.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • So the strongest performers tend to resist hardest, and their response is not irrational.
    — Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of irrational
Adjective
  • On the day Hoosier fans celebrated last year’s 2025 national championship run inside Memorial Stadium, the stands grew increasingly empty as the season-opener against North Texas wore on.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • That would make the construction of small apartment or condo buildings less expensive, helping developers fill Chicago’s empty lots with units that are also affordable, said Ald.
    — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of empty
Adjective
  • Cousins made two foolish mistakes, on the interceptions by Trader and Taaffe.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That game is too important, and holding someone back for a hypothetical Game 3 might be foolish regardless.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of foolish

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