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
While this was a relatively meaningless game for the Avalanche in the big picture, the club was still collectively buzzing about Landeskog’s return to the ice Friday night in Loveland with the Eagles.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Up next for the Heat — a relatively meaningless regular-season finale.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
And the testing is meaningless unless people are also being connected to treatment as quickly as possible.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First World War and condemned millions to a meaningless death seems jejune; historians teach us to say that the generals did their best under impossible conditions.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Up next for the Heat — a relatively meaningless regular-season finale.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
And the testing is meaningless unless people are also being connected to treatment as quickly as possible.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First World War and condemned millions to a meaningless death seems jejune; historians teach us to say that the generals did their best under impossible conditions.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
Adjective
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Knights star Jack Eichel and captain Mark Stone have been held pointless in the last two games, which shows how great the Minnesota defense has been.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Space tourism is, at best, folly—silly, spectacularly wasteful, pointless by definition.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Her end goal is extreme realism, no matter how absurd the circumstances are.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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Judge put up absurd numbers, hitting .427 with a 1.282 OPS, 10 home runs, 32 RBI and a 263 wRC+.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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In one sense, this isn’t an entirely stupid proposition.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
3 May 2025
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Vel rails against the offender, saying her lover was the kind of warrior the Ghor rebels are trying to be and that her loss is both incalculable and stupid.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Post Malone, who closed out the festival Sunday night, has a more legible personality, but songs that are just as anonymous and perhaps even more inane.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2025
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Vintage footage shows the guys hanging out in their suite at the Plaza, joking around with the film crew, doing phone interviews, responding with insouciant humor to inane questions in press encounters or cutting loose at the Peppermint Lounge.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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But many will, in situations where they’re allowed to stretch out, go deep, get silly, or eat hot wings while trying to answer questions.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Have a Dance Party Clear the furniture, cue up a playlist with all of Mom's favorite hits (and a few silly, kid-friendly jams), and let loose.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Just discerning what worries are irrational and unproductive can be a great start in reducing them.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement The only thing falling quicker than Washington’s patience with the White House is the U.S. economy, which has been rocked by fears of a trade war fueled by escalating and irrational tariffs.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In recent years, K Street has stood out more for its empty storefronts and large number of homeless people than as a vibrant center for activity.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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Consumers have faced empty supermarket shelves and a nearly 90% surge in prices.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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But the Liberals are an electoral machine—something of a rarity on the center-left—that would be foolish to bet against.—
Daniel Block,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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His cigars weren’t as nasty as his habit of chasing bad money with worse—high living and foolish investments, with second-rate writing meant to plug the gap.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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