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
The committee approved the report in under a minute, without discussion, rubber-stamping false compliance and rendering our transparency laws meaningless.
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Bobby Block, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
My German counterpart’s lecture about ‘human rights’ and ‘legitimacy’ is equally meaningless as his employer has done nothing to uphold either.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
But for most, experts said, their mindset mostly revolves around nihilism — the belief that life and society are meaningless and that moral values are baseless.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
After all the horrible and often meaningless football games in the past, Jaguars fans deserve days like this.
—Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 9 Jan. 2026
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Bobby Block, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
My German counterpart’s lecture about ‘human rights’ and ‘legitimacy’ is equally meaningless as his employer has done nothing to uphold either.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
But for most, experts said, their mindset mostly revolves around nihilism — the belief that life and society are meaningless and that moral values are baseless.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
After all the horrible and often meaningless football games in the past, Jaguars fans deserve days like this.
—Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
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In fact, many workers could dutifully keep themselves busy for an entire day without doing anything of real value, like answering pointless emails and attending unnecessary meetings.—
Joe O’Connor,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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The findings help clarify why the seemingly pointless task can feel calming or focusing, even once the flavor has faded.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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After the first Roundtable, Survivor stalwart Rob Cesternino — perhaps clued in by Candiace’s absurd conga line ploy to get people out of the kitchen — sniffed out that a murder in plain sight could be happening.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Contrary to what many may think, the researchers found no correlation between a person’s level of education and their capacity to believe in absurd conspiracies.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 8,
Futurism,
8 Jan. 2026
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Set in a perpetually sunny, idealized England vaguely between the wars, The Code of the Woosters concerns the misadventures of man-about-town Bertie Wooster (stupid, amiable, rich) and his impeccably helpful valet Jeeves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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At Amiri’s trial last year, Manly-Williams was brushed off by the defense as the stupidest witness prosecutors presented.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Many of the jokes played off the inane truths of the work environment.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Their relationship is fun to watch, so why bother with all these men and their inane storylines?—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
12 Dec. 2025
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This struck many experts as silly.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Frequent co-stars Johnson and Hart, known for their hilarious chemistry, have played Rock, Paper, Scissors and other silly games in promos for their movies, especially their Jumanji films.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
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Paul Appenzeller, Boynton Beach Wait for the facts People want it both ways, irrational as that may be.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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Trump isn’t just irrational about this.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the duo ultimately stayed more than nine months because of technical issues that cropped up en route with the Starliner vehicle — which NASA opted to fly home empty due to safety concerns.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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More than two years removed from the pandemic, only half of state workers are back downtown compared to levels in 2019, and empty state office buildings are sitting in limbo.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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House’s agenda is to get Cooper to reveal himself as secretly working against Vault-Tec for resistance leader Lee Moldaver (Sarita Choudhury), but Cooper isn’t that foolish.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Giants would be foolish to pay Harbaugh a ton of money and then not take full advantage of his expertise in the science of winning.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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