meaningless
adjective
mean·ing·less
ˈmē-niŋ-ləs 
1
: having no meaning
especially
: lacking any significance
2
: 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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Her Washington insider status is meaningless during the next four years of the Trump administration and an unfriendly Congress.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
However, trying to draw an AI line may be meaningless when the term itself is so all-encompassing.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
But instead of a small, meaningless detail, Niccol and Starbucks leaders see handwritten messages as a way to add an extra customer service touch.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
But what Buber considered ruinous is what many fundamentalist Christians, knowingly or not, continue to prize: the idea that history is already written and that a state of permanent imminence not only exists in the future but also overlaps with our harsh or meaningless present.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
However, trying to draw an AI line may be meaningless when the term itself is so all-encompassing.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
But instead of a small, meaningless detail, Niccol and Starbucks leaders see handwritten messages as a way to add an extra customer service touch.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
But what Buber considered ruinous is what many fundamentalist Christians, knowingly or not, continue to prize: the idea that history is already written and that a state of permanent imminence not only exists in the future but also overlaps with our harsh or meaningless present.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meaningless. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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meaningless
adjective
mean·ing·less
ˈmē-niŋ-ləs
1
: having no meaning or significance
meaningless chatter
2
: lacking motive
a meaningless murder
meaninglessly
adverb
meaninglessness
noun
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