Meaningless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Meaningless is an adjective meaning Lacking meaning.
Meaning
Lacking meaning.
More Meanings
- Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
Example Sentences
The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
All our efforts were ultimately meaningless.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
As the years go by, speech reverts to childhood levels of disfluency, with more pauses, more errors, more repeated words, but even the peak years are not great: up to 8 percent of the average person’s word output consists of meaningless fillers and placeholders like um, uh and er.
Synonyms for meaningless
Depending on context, synonyms include nonsensical, senseless, negligible, trivial, unmeaningful, hollow.
Antonyms for meaningless
Common opposites include meaningful, sensical, significant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mindless, senseless, unmeaning, nonsensical, vacuous, purposeless.
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