unmeaning

[ uhn-mee-ning ]

/ ʌnˈmi nɪŋ /

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adjective

not meaning anything; devoid of intelligence, sense, or significance, as words or actions; pointless; empty.

expressionless, vacant, or unintelligent, as the face; insipid.

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Origin of unmeaning

First recorded in 1695–1705; un-¹ + meaning

Related formsun·mean·ing·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for unmeaning

A mere word, an unmeaning sound that fixes no impression on the mind.
The Sorrows of Young Werther|J.W. von Goethe
Surely the answer to all this hubbub of unmeaning words is the plainest possible.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The entry was a hopelessly illegible jumble of unmeaning lines and figures.
Wenderholme|Philip Gilbert Hamerton
That this threat was not unmeaning had been seen a few years earlier in a case even more noted, and in the same city.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom|Andrew Dickson White

Dick's answer came in the like unmeaning tones, and as wearily.
Within the Law|Marvin Dana

British Dictionary definitions for unmeaning

unmeaning

/ (ʌnˈmiːnɪŋ) /

adjective

having no meaning

showing no intelligence; vacantan unmeaning face

Derived Formsunmeaningly, adverbunmeaningness, noun

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