meaningless
/'mi:niɳfulnis/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having no meaning, significance, or purpose: Describes something that lacks sense, importance, or a clear reason for existing.
- Ineffective or pointless: Describes an action, effort, or statement that fails to achieve anything or convey any useful information.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The ancient symbols were meaningless to the untrained eye. (They held no understandable significance.)
- He felt trapped in a meaningless job that offered no satisfaction. (The job lacked purpose or value.)
- After the argument, her apology seemed empty and meaningless. (The apology appeared insincere and without real intent.)
Advanced Usage
- Philosophical/Existential Context: Used to describe a perceived absence of purpose in life, the universe, or actions.
- Some philosophers argue that, in a vast cosmos, human life is ultimately meaningless.
- Linguistic Context: Describes a word, sound, or string of characters that conveys no semantic content.
- The string of letters "asdfgh" is a meaningless sequence in English.
Variants and Related Words
- Meaninglessly (adverb): In a manner lacking meaning or purpose.
- He wandered meaninglessly through the empty streets.
- Meaninglessness (noun): The state or quality of being meaningless.
- The meaninglessness of the bureaucratic process frustrated everyone.
Synonyms
- Nonsensical: Having no intelligible meaning; absurd.
- Pointless: Having little or no sense, use, or purpose.
- Futile: Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
- Vacuous: Lacking in ideas or intelligence; empty of meaning.
Antonyms
- Meaningful: Having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose.
- Significant: Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention.
- Purposeful: Having or showing determination or resolve.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- A meaningless gesture: An action that is done but has no real effect or sincerity.
- Promising change without a plan is just a meaningless gesture.
- Render something meaningless: To cause something to lose its significance or purpose.
- The new evidence rendered the previous theory meaningless.
Adjective
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having no meaning or direction or purpose
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a meaningless endeavor
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a meaningless life
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a verbose but meaningless explanation
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