MEANINGLESSNESS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

meaninglessness

noun

as in pointlessness

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Recent Examples of meaninglessness The game’s meaninglessness didn’t matter to the raucous sellout crowd that packed SoFi Stadium. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 The game's meaninglessness didn't matter to the raucous sellout crowd that packed SoFi Stadium — dubbed Los Angeles Stadium by FIFA for the World Cup. — CBS News, 26 June 2026 Indeed, the game’s meaninglessness didn’t matter to the raucous sellout crowd that packed SoFi Stadium. — ABC News, 25 June 2026 With its absence comes abject horror, meaninglessness, and a total loss of humanity. — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026 The irony and meaninglessness of the carnage rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation in his day-to-day work. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 The irony and meaninglessness of the violence rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation and community care in his day-to-day work. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 Maybe the meaninglessness is the point. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 But people familiar with OpenAI’s governing documents said that it has been diluted to the point of meaninglessness. — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The battle that follows — a muddy and mean scrum — is even more ghastly, partly for its utter pointlessness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Such expeditions can turn into a Buddhistic exercise in enlightened pointlessness.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of pointlessness

Noun

At the center of the narrative is the theme of parenthood, explored through the eyes of someone who chooses to give it up out of sheer fear and inadequacy.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 23 July 2026
The Canadian catastrophe highlighted the inadequacies of the current system of supply and the lack of American credit.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of inadequacy

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The Ghanaian government statement said it was informed that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) made the decision on grounds of inadmissibility under paragraph A36(1)(c) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).

— Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Only cash assistance for income maintenance or long-term institutional care is considered when determining public-charge inadmissibility.

— Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

Definition of inadmissibility

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