meaningless

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English

Etymology

From meaning +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/
  • Hyphenation: mean‧ing‧less
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Adjective

meaningless (comparative more meaningless, superlative most meaningless)

  1. Lacking meaning.
    Synonyms: nonsensical, senseless
    Antonyms: meaningful, sensical
    The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English.
  2. Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
    Synonyms: negligible, trivial, unmeaningful
    Antonyms: meaningful, significant
    All our efforts were ultimately meaningless.
    • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      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.

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