meaningless

adjective

mean·ing·less ˈmē-niŋ-ləs

Synonyms of meaningless next

: having no meaning

especially : lacking any significance

: having no assigned function in a language system

meaninglessly adverb

meaninglessness noun

Examples of meaningless in a Sentence

He felt that his work was meaningless. The movie was filled with meaningless violence.

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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has argued the requirement is meaningless because mail ballots are time stamped upon their receipt by election officials, a position backed by Pennsylvania’s Republican secretary of state. —

Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024 Without ads, that would be a meaningless statistic. —

Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024 The infrastructure and bureaucracy of empire are largely meaningless in this milieu. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 The reveal that the Road was a ruse all along also paints the many deaths that occurred during the adventure in a more horrific light—all of them were meaningless, essentially chalked down to more of Agatha’s murders. —

Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for meaningless