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
That opportunity could be there this weekend if the games are meaningless in terms of seeding.
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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
Negotiations are meaningless unless Putin begins to pay a price in tougher economic sanctions and greater military support to Ukraine.
—Oleksandra Matviichuk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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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
Negotiations are meaningless unless Putin begins to pay a price in tougher economic sanctions and greater military support to Ukraine.
—Oleksandra Matviichuk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
Adjective
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The majority of their group, including Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stützle, were held pointless.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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This commenter points out the futility of the backlash, suggesting that critics have little power to change the NFL’s choice and that the negativity is ultimately pointless.—
Joshua Sammons,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The real start of the Chalamet/Marty Supreme press tour came Tuesday night when the actor shared an incredible and absurd five-minute promo video.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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But these far-right personalities were pushing an absurd logical fallacy.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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When smart algorithms do stupid things But scratch beneath the surface, and the cracks start showing.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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America has funded the Ukrainian government, Ukrainian pensions, and Ukrainian businesses during this entire stupid war that America should have nothing to do with.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As inane and sterile as the marketing was, the actual event wasn’t awful.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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How dare your family care so much about inane Mother’s Day festivities?—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But the tone swings between sour and sweet, grounded and silly, and the jokes run more broadly wacky than precise or original.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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In my eyes, much of the charm of a craft brewer is a willingness to be a little silly.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That irrational choice, born of struggle and longing, changed my life.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Isn’t there something inherently irrational about it?—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Current school board President Kareem Moncree-Moffett, longtime member Brandon Craig and Jim Crosset, appointed last year to fill an empty seat left by Mike Moroski, make up the incumbents running for reelection.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Sean Kuraly sealed the win by hitting an empty net with three seconds left in the game.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Orús and Lizaso believe that the AI arms race is foolish.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Eagles were undone by foolish penalties, including two flags that negated first downs on a potential go-ahead drive in the fourth quarter and one flag that extended a Broncos drive late in the game when the Eagles had forced a fourth down.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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