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 doesn’t mean Universal’s declaration today is totally meaningless spin.
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
There is absolutely no reason to burn tread off the greatest shooter alive just to secure a meaningless moral victory on a Tuesday night in late-March in the service of some quixotic goal to lose later in the playoffs.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
What on Tuesday night looked like a largely meaningless game with only minor seeding implications at the conference tournament suddenly took on greater importance 24 hours later.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Look no further than your typical classroom, where a book being passionately taught by a professor is undoubtedly being judged as utterly meaningless by at least one of their students.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
There is absolutely no reason to burn tread off the greatest shooter alive just to secure a meaningless moral victory on a Tuesday night in late-March in the service of some quixotic goal to lose later in the playoffs.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
What on Tuesday night looked like a largely meaningless game with only minor seeding implications at the conference tournament suddenly took on greater importance 24 hours later.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Look no further than your typical classroom, where a book being passionately taught by a professor is undoubtedly being judged as utterly meaningless by at least one of their students.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
Adjective
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But without Nicky, that MIT dream seems to her utterly pointless.—
Allison Arieff,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Mar. 2026
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Still, the moment felt pointless.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Shawn Hatosy is particularly feral here, injecting real menace into an otherwise absurd premise.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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The deadpan one-liners exaggerating his strength, speed and toughness to absurd levels, turned Norris into one of the internet’s first global memes.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Of all the live-action shows made by Adult Swim, Three Busy Debras is the most cartoonish; its world is as elastic and stupid as any Chuck Jones Looney Tunes joint.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Anyone who says anything else is stupid or lying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And the material takes wild swings from the expected (roboticized pre-flight airline announcements) to the inane (pet-store gerbils and a carton of raspberries costing the same amount of money), making the whole show feel almost claustrophobic.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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Many of the jokes played off the inane truths of the work environment.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In retaliation, Afroman released several songs about the experience, made music videos using his security-cam footage, and generally was a silly goose about the whole thing.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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This confident Yale Rep production follows Ionesco’s lead by being very clear about its point but relentlessly silly while making it.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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My greatest irrational fear was that the machine might squeeze far tighter than necessary and I’d just be stuck there in immense pain until someone unplugged the cord.—
Zachary Bernstein,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Silver’s encouragement had filled me with irrational confidence.—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The empty gold frames on the walls of the Dutch Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston might be the most famous empty frames in the world.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Kabul said Pakistan hit two locations, including an empty security site and a drug rehabilitation center that sustained minor damage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Your fast response and decisive actions prevented this foolish criminal act from endangering the rest of the county.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The limited series feels equally foolish, down to its last line of narration.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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