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meaningless

[ mee-ning-lis ]
/ ˈmi nɪŋ lɪs /
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adjective

without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.

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RELATED WORDS

emptiness, ineffectiveness, uselessness, idleness, hollowness, vanity, senselessness, frivolousness, ineffectuality, vainness

Nearby words

  1. meanie,
  2. meaning,
  3. meaningful,
  4. meaningful relationship,
  5. meaningfully,
  6. meaningly,
  7. meanly,
  8. meanness,
  9. means,
  10. means grass

Origin of meaningless

First recorded in 1790–1800; meaning + -less
Related formsmean·ing·less·ly, adverbmean·ing·less·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for meaninglessness

meaningless

/ (ˈmiːnɪŋlɪs) /

adjective

futile or empty of meaning
Derived Formsmeaninglessly, adverbmeaninglessness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for meaninglessness

meaningless

adj.

1730, from meaning + -less. Related: Meaninglessly; meaninglessness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper