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
Never is a long time, and words can be meaningless, as the saying goes.
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 21 July 2025
The 15-day designation is essentially meaningless, though; Dobbins’ season is over.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
But the whole beauty and focus of local government is that issues like quality schools or the disaster at the Tijuana River Estuary transcend and sometimes make meaningless party labels.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
These include feeling emotionally numb or that life is meaningless; experiencing difficulty accepting the loss; and experiencing confusion over their own identity.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 21 July 2025
The 15-day designation is essentially meaningless, though; Dobbins’ season is over.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
But the whole beauty and focus of local government is that issues like quality schools or the disaster at the Tijuana River Estuary transcend and sometimes make meaningless party labels.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
These include feeling emotionally numb or that life is meaningless; experiencing difficulty accepting the loss; and experiencing confusion over their own identity.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
Adjective
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Sometimes everything just feels completely pointless.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
14 Aug. 2025
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The silence from her network was deafening, and feeding her resume to application portals only to get no response began to feel pointless.—
Amanda Miller Littlejohn,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Interestingly, the Vance memes were far more surreal and absurd than South Park’s caricature, which retained the simple, bloated design of the first few images.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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These movies are brilliantly written, but above all will do anything to get a laugh, no matter how silly, how absurd, how ridiculous — how stupid.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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No Broward program can possibly be as wasteful and downright stupid as the Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS).—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2025
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On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement, THAT IS A TOTAL DISASTER!—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The ugliness of this wasteful, inane operation has instantly turned the American public against the president and his party on his signature issue of immigration.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Defender Kathrin Hendrich had been dismissed for an inane hair-pull, and the subsequent penalty had been converted.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
20 July 2025
Adjective
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Similar to the first film, families will enjoy silly slapstick mixed with great chemistry between Lohan and Curtis, who are just as good together.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
7 Aug. 2025
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Here’s a look at the four silliest awards of the night.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Nothing adds depth to an irascible curmudgeon quite like an irrational love of pets that do not love you back.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Our worries are often dismissed as irrational—planes are much safer than cars, etc.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The heartless subway mugger who slashed and badly wounded a woman on an empty Manhattan train car will stay locked up following his arrest late last week.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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The day after the crash, the FWC investigators found a stash of empty booze bottles and cans on the boat.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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This new adventure will take players to the heart of Italy where ancient legends and sinister cults promise danger to anyone brave or foolish enough to dig deeper.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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With the season on the line as the Bronx Bombers now sit in third place in the American League East division, Aaron Boone would be foolish to not pull Williams from the closer role for the second time this season and hand it over to David Bednar.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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