meaningless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- meaninglessly adverb
- meaninglessness noun
Etymology
Origin of meaningless
Example Sentences
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Then came the Americans, who often acted as if they would have been content to slog through meaningless scrimmages in half-empty spring-training stadiums.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
And while that’s reasonably small compared to the overall size of the company — Berkshire’s net income was $67 billion last year — it’s hardly meaningless.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
A half-million swing in job openings gets labeled “little change” because the confidence bands are so wide the number is statistically meaningless.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Affected Kansans were informed that their licenses would become meaningless pieces of plastic with letters that went out from the Kansas Division of Vehicles this week.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
Bull grunted, a monosyllable meaningless in any language, but an audible assent that he had heard and understood her.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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