meaningless
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Definition of meaningless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for meaningless
Synonyms
empty, inane, pointless, senseless
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The number of empty nests is meaningless, Wich adds. — Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Science | AAAS, "A dam threatens the world’s rarest ape. Why are some conservationists suddenly on board?," 10 Sep. 2019 Background checks for buying ammunition, restrictions on the size of guns’ magazines, and a host of other efforts that settle for a comfortable midde ground on firearms violence are also meaningless. — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Democrats hand Trump a gift on guns. He may not be smart enough to take it," 24 Aug. 2019 Indigeneity is meaningless here, Greenberg told me. — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, "Common Ground," 19 Aug. 2019 But the state enactments of year-round daylight time are meaningless — for now, at least. — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, "Ditch the switch? Call to go on permanent daylight saving time grows," 17 Aug. 2019 In a purely technical sense, the vote held on August 11th was meaningless. — The Economist, "A stunning reversal for Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri," 12 Aug. 2019 Disappointingly, most of those labels are meaningless. — Kelsey Piper, Vox, "Meatless meat is having a moment. Will eggless eggs be next?," 23 July 2019 All the study that had brought him to this point turned out to be meaningless when confronted by a reality that obeyed none of the rules and shared none of beliefs that had shaped his life. — Alex Perry, Outside Online, "The Last Days of John Allen Chau," 24 July 2019 But the conclusions are all virtually meaningless, since no one knows much about how those regions interact, or why one gamer’s bilateral cuneus happens to be thicker than another’s. — Benedict Carey, New York Times, "Endless Gaming May Be a Bad Habit. That Doesn’t Make It a Mental Illness.," 2 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'meaningless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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